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living the resurrection life

1 Peter 4:1-2 (JDV)

1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, because Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same thinking — because the one who suffers in the flesh has ceased to sin —
1 Peter 4:2 to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human passions, but for God’s desire.

living the resurrection life

Our Lord — who paid the penalty for our forgiveness on the cross — is no longer paying that penalty. His death put an end to the consequences of our sins. Peter encourages his readers to think about the next time their human passions tempt them to sin. He encourages them not to die for their sins — Jesus already did that. He encourages them to live for God’s desire. He wants them to realize that sin with its consequential suffering has already been dealt with on the cross. Having been baptized as a symbol of Christ’s death (3:21-22), they should live the resurrection life that coming out of the water symbolizes.