2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; …
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)The apostle here draws a new inference from the consideration of Christ’s sufferings. As he had before made use of it to persuade to patience in suffering, so here to mortification of sin. Observe, I. How the exhortation is expressed. The antecedent or supposition is that Christ had suffered for us in the flesh, or in his human nature. The consequent or inference is, “ Arm and fortify yourselves l…
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