ἐπίλοιπος G1954
remaining, left over, still to come
An adjective meaning remaining, left over, or still future. In 1 Peter 4:2, believers should live 'the remaining (ἐπίλοιπον) time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for God's will.' The term marks what is left of earthly life, the time yet to be lived. Peter urges redirection of one's remaining days from self-indulgence to obedience, using past suffering as a catalyst for transformed priorities.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Peter calls for radical reorientation of the time left in mortal life. The multilingual glosses (Spanish 'restante,' French form) emphasize what remains or is left over. Having suffered in the flesh and thereby ceased from sin, believers should devote whatever earthly time they have left not to former lusts but to God's purpose. This is stewardship of remaining mortality, spending residual years for eternal rather than temporal ends. 1×
AR["الباقي"]·ben["অবশিষ্ট"]·DE["uebrig"]·EN["remaining"]·FR["ἐπίλοιπον"]·heb["נוֹתָר"]·HI["शेष"]·ID["sisa"]·IT["epiloipon"]·jav["sisa"]·KO["남은"]·PT["restante"]·RU["оставшееся"]·ES["restante"]·SW["uliosalia"]·TR["kalan"]·urd["باقی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπίλοιπος, ον, still left, remaining, μῆνας ἑπτὰ τοὺς ἐπιλοίπους Καμβύσῃ ἐς τὰ ὀκτὼ ἔτεα τῆς πληρώσιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.67: frequently in plural, with genitive, αἱ ἐ. τῶν πολίων Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ 'πίλοιπος ὁδός Refs 5th c.BC+ __2. of Time, future, χρόνος Refs 5th c.BC+; ἁμέραι ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+