1 Peter 4:1-6 For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind… 1. To live after the lusts of men and to the will of God are opposite each to other as light and darkness. 2. We cannot at one and the same time both walk after our lusts and live to God's will. One lust loved, sufficient to condemn. 3. In the course of sanctification, we must begin at renouncing our own will, and the lusts of men. None sow a plant till weeds be pulled up; none put on new apparel till they have put off their rags. 4. It is not sufficient that we renounce our lusts and evil, except we yield obedience to the will of God. 5. It is not one action or two whereby a man is discovered what he is, but his constant course of walking or living. (John Rogers.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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; |
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