OET interlinear 1PET 4:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

οὖν

therefore

Therefore here refers back to what Peter has said about Jesus’ suffering in 3:18. If it might help your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Considering what I have written about Christ’s suffering”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

σαρκὶ & σαρκὶ

˱in˲_/the/_flesh & ˱in˲_/the/_flesh

Here, flesh refers to the human body, which is made of flesh. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in the body … in the body”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὑμεῖς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν ὁπλίσασθε

you_all the same intention arm

Here Peter uses arm yourselves to refer to preparing one’s mind for something. As soldiers get their weapons ready for battle, so should Christians be mentally prepared to suffer for their faith. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “prepare your minds with the same way of thinking”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν

the same intention

Here Peter uses the same way of thinking to refer to Jesus’ way of thinking when he suffered. If this might confuse your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “with the same way of thinking about suffering that Christ had when he suffered”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πέπαυται ἁμαρτίας

/has/_ceased ˱from˲_sin

Here, ceased from sin means “no longer living with a sinful mindset.” The idea is that suffering because of one’s faith indicates that a person is not living sinfully. Christians are often persecuted by unbelievers because they refuse to act sinfully. This phrase does not mean that Christians who suffer never sin. If this might confuse your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “has stopped living sinfully”