Hilary of Arles
Patristic
c. A.D. 401–449
“The will of God which we live by is the witness of the gospel, which kills any interest we may have in human glory.”
The interpretation timeline
1Pet 4:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1Pet 4:2 · Douay-Rheims
“That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
449
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.