Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Peter 4:2

"that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God." — 1 Peter 4:2 (ASV)

That he no longer.—The Greek admits at least equally of the translation, That you no longer. Thus, this second verse will attach itself not to the clause “that he who has suffered,” but to the clause “arm yourselves.” And unless this is understood, we become involved in the difficulty that whereas, up to this very point, St. Peter has been urging future martyrs, by Christ's example, to face bodily death bravely, he would now be sliding confusedly into discussing the baptismal death to sin, and indeed actually stating that a martyr’s death was a step toward living the rest of life on earth appropriately!

But if we attach 1 Peter 4:2 to the clause “arm yourselves,” it runs, without any confusion, thus: “As Christ suffered in the flesh without shrinking, take for your protection and support the same thought which proved a protection and support to Him—namely, that to be rid of sin forever was the greatest of all possible blessings, and that this is only attainable through the bodily death; and the result of embracing this thought will be that for the rest of your lives on earth (so soon, perhaps, to be cut violently short), you may no longer live to men’s lusts, but to God’s will.”