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1 Pet 4:1 (KJV) |
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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. |
. . . for you who hath suffered
in the flesh should cease from sin . . . |
The KJV incorrectly gives the
impression that the pronoun “he” in this clause refers back to Christ, and if
Christ “hath ceased from sin,” that suggests that Christ used to sin before
such cessation. Therefore, the JST recasts the passage to avoid the implication
of sin to Christ. In this general respect the JST is correct, for the passage
does not intend to impute sin to Christ. The “he” of this clause does not take
Jesus as its specific antecedent, but rather it stands generally and
proverbially for any human who suffers for sin. (Kevin L. Barney, “The First
Epistle General of Peter,” in Footnotes to the New Testament for Latter-day
Saints, ed. Kevin L. Barney, 2 vols. [2007], 2:376 n. k)
