1 Peter 4:1-6

v1: Christ died to destroy sin. “Although he could cheerfully submit to the worst forms of suffering, he could never submit to the least sin.”

v2: When someone is converted, a wonderful change takes place, that “alters [their] mind, judgment, affections, ways, and conduct.” No longer are “their own sinful desires, the rule for their lives and actions;” it is now the will of God, and it according to “the revealed will of the holy God” that we should live.

v3: It can be painful to consider how lived before we became a Christians. “The dangers [we] have run into over so many years, the trouble [we] have brought upon others, the dishonour shown to God, and the loss [we] have sustained” can cause us sorrow. Praise God that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all our sin and guilt and shame.

v4-5: Unbelievers will often be confused and unable to understand why we “despise what everyone else is fond of, believe many things that seem incredible to others, delight in what seems tiresome and tedious, are zealous where no visible interests seem to be served, and depend so much on hope.” We must not return to how we used to live, and we must resist the temptation to do so whether “by the frowns or flatteries of others.”

v6: “Putting sin to death and living for God are the expected effects of the Gospel that is preached to us.”