1 Peter 4:1
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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σάρξ
in the flesh
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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πάσχω
having suffered
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πάσχω
To suffer, to experience. Pascho. He learned obedience through what He suffered. Suffering is not wasted in God's economy. It produces something that ease never can.
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παύω
has himself done
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παύω
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
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ὁπλίζω
do arm yourselves with,
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ὁπλίζω
to equip (with weapons (middle voice and figuratively))
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ἔννοια
mind
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ἔννοια
thoughtfulness, i.e. moral understanding
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