11 translations · Greek
1 Peter 4:2
that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- no longer in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You will not live the rest of your lives following human desires, but doing what God wants.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
- DBY Darby Translation
- no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἰς | eis | Consequently | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μηκέτι | mēketi | — | G3371 μηκέτι never again |
| ἀνθρώπων | anthrōpōn | for human | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| ἐπιθυμίαις | epithymiais | passions | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| θελήματι | thelēmati | for [the] will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| τὸν | ton | [his] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπίλοιπον | epiloipon | remaining | G1954 ἐπίλοιπος remaining |
| ἐν | en | — | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| σαρκὶ | sarki | on earth | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| βιῶσαι | biōsai | he does not live out | G980 βιόω to live |
| χρόνον | chronon | time | G5550 χρόνος time |
Related verses
- Ephesians 4:22–24
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- 1 Peter 1:14
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
- Romans 6:11
Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Ephesians 6:6
not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
- Titus 3:3–8
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, …
- Romans 6:2
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
- 2 Corinthians 5:15
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
- Ephesians 2:3
among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
- Ephesians 5:7–8
Therefore don’t be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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In context
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
3 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
4 They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
Read all of 1 Peter 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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