1 Peter 4:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)2 So then, you should no longer live the rest of your lives [to satisfy] the sinful desires of your body, but to do what God wants. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites and desires, but [he lives] for what God wills. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible2 As a result, they don’t live the rest of their human lives in ways determined by human desires but in ways determined by God’s will. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version2 so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by the will of God. Ver Capítulo |
It was God’s purpose to bring us into being [spiritually] by the message of truth, so that we could become a kind of “first fruits” of those He created. [Note: “First fruits” here suggests either that Christians are the best of all of God’s creatures (Num. 18:12), or that they were the first to be converted, with many more to come].
And you people must not be conformed to [the values and standards of] this age, but you should become transformed [i.e., changed in attitude and action] by having your mind renewed [i.e., to think in a totally different way]. Then you will be able to determine [and practice] God’s will, the thing that is good, and acceptable and perfect.
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law [i.e., were released from its binding requirements] through the body of Christ [Note: This seems to refer to Christ’s death on the cross, but some think it refers to becoming a part of the church], so that you could belong to someone else, [namely] to Christ, who was raised from the dead in order that we might live spiritually productive lives for God.