1 Peter 4:2

“That he no longer should live, etc.] The Arabic version reads, “that ye no longer should live”. This expresses the end of being armed with the above thought, that a suffering saint after death is clear of sin; and the use that is to be made of it in the present time of life, and the remainder of it, that such a person who so thinks, and is thus guarded and fortified against the fears of death, should no more, or any longer live, the rest of [his] time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God: the phrase, “his time in the flesh”, means the present time of life, in the body, and is the same with those phrases, in the days of his flesh, to abide in the flesh, and be at home in…”

“That he, &c.--"That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from sin by suffering, in the person of Christ, namely, in virtue of his union with the crucified Christ) should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God" as his rule. "Rest of his time in the flesh" (the Greek has the preposition "in" here, not in Pe1 4:1 as to Christ) proves that the reference is here not to Christ, but to the believer, whose remaining time for glorifying God is short (Pe1 4:3). "Live" in the truest sense, for heretofore he was dead. Not as ALFORD, "Arm yourselves . . . with a view no longer to live the rest of your time."”

“That he no longer should live - That is, he has become, through the death of Christ, dead to the world and to the former things which influenced him, in order that he should hereafter live not to the lusts of the flesh. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:15. The rest of his time in the flesh - The remainder of the time that he is to continue in the flesh; that is, that he is to live on the earth. To the lusts of men - Such lusts as people commonly live for and indulge in. Some of these are enumerated in the following verse. But to the will of God - In such a manner as God commands. The object of redemption is to rescue us from being swayed by wicked lusts, and to bring us to be conformed…”

“That ye may no longer live in the flesh - Even in this mortal body. To the desires of men - Either your own or those of others. These are various; but the will of God is one. 1 Peter 4:3”

“no: Pe1 2:1, Pe1 2:14; Rom 7:4, Rom 14:7; Eph 4:17, Eph 4:22-24, Eph 5:7, Eph 5:8; Col 3:7, Col 3:8; Tit 3:3-8 the lusts: Hos 6:7 \*marg. Mar 7:21; Eph 2:3 the will: Pe1 2:15; Psa 143:10; Mat 7:21, Mat 12:50, Mat 21:31; Mar 3:35; Joh 1:13, Joh 7:17; Rom 6:11, Rom 12:2; Co2 5:15; Gal 2:19, Gal 2:20; Eph 5:17, Eph 6:6; Col 1:9, Col 4:12; Th1 5:18; Heb 13:21; Jam 1:18; Jo1 2:17 1 Peter 4:3”