“that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Peter 4 contains 19 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.