2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
4:1 So, since Christ suffered 9 in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, 10
1 tn Grk “to you who believe is the value,” referring to their perception of the stone in contrast to those who reject (vv. 7b-8). But the expression may also be translated as “to you who believe is this honor,” referring to the lack of shame cited in v. 6b.
2 tn Grk “the value” or “the honor,” but the former is preferred since it comes from the same root as “priceless” in vv. 4, 6, and it is in contrast to the negative estimate of the stone by those who reject (vv. 7b-8).
3 tn Grk “the head of the corner.”
4 sn A quotation from Ps 118:22 (cf. Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11).
1 tn Grk “who being maligned,” continuing the reference to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
2 tn Grk “he did not threaten, but.”
3 sn An allusion to Isa 53:7.
4 tn Grk “to the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tc Most
2 sn Has finished with sin. The last sentence in v. 1 may refer to Christ as the one who suffered in the flesh (cf. 2:21, 23; 3:18; 4:1a) and the latter part would then mean, “he has finished dealing with sin.” But it is more likely that it refers to the Christian who suffers unjustly (cf. 2:19-20; 3:14, 17). This shows that he has made a break with sin as vs. 2 describes.
1 tn Grk “in doing good.”