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Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same [a]mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased [b]from sin; that [c]ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries: wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same [d]excess of riot, speaking evil of you: who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead. For unto this end [e]was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:1 Or, thought
  2. 1 Peter 4:1 Some ancient authorities read unto sins.
  3. 1 Peter 4:2 Or, he no longer . . . his time
  4. 1 Peter 4:4 Or, flood
  5. 1 Peter 4:6 Or, were the good tidings preached