1 Peter 4:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered {G5228} {G2257} in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χριστοῦ οὖν παθόντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν σαρκὶ, καὶ ὑμεῖς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν ὁπλίσασθε: ὅτι ὁ παθὼν ἕν σαρκὶ πέπαυται ἁμαρτίας·

Transliteration

Christou therefore pathontos on behalf of us sarki, and you the same ennoian hoplisasthe: because the one pathōn in sarki has pepautai from hamartias

Grammar Details

• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
• *pathontos*: aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - having suffered
• *sarki*: dative, feminine, singular - in/with/by flesh
• *ennoian*: accusative, feminine, singular - mind/thought/intent
• *hoplisasthe*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd person plural - arm yourselves
• *pathōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - one who has suffered
• *pepautai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has ceased/stopped
• *hamartias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of sin

Word Meanings

• *ennoian*: thought/mind/intention/attitude/purpose
• *hoplisasthe*: arm yourselves/equip yourselves (military metaphor)
• *pepautai*: has ceased/has been made to cease/has been freed from

Referenced Verses

• Gal 5:24 : 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
• Rom 6:11 : 11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead {G3303} unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also {G3958} suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• Rom 13:12-14 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
• Eph 6:13 : 13 Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
• Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Rom 6:2 : 2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
• Rom 6:7 : 7 for he that hath died is justified from sin.
• Ezek 16:41 : 41 And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more.
• Phil 2:5 : 5 Have this {G5426} mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
• Col 3:3-5 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• Heb 4:10 : 10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
• Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.