Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 4:1

"Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;" — 1 Peter 4:1 (ASV)

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind:

Accepting this great truth, that it is well that the flesh should die that the spirit may triumph, even as it was with Christ.

For he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

If he has indeed died with Christ, and the power of Christ's sufferings has made him dead to sin, he has ceased from it.

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin:

Brothers, we have a Saviour who suffered for us.

As the Head was, so must the members expect to be. Let us, then, be resolutely determined that, however we may suffer, we will never turn aside from our Lord.

For since we suffered in Him, yes, and died in Him, we ought to reckon that we are from now on dead to sin, and that we have ceased from it, and can no longer be drawn into it.

He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin: