I Peter 4:1 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;

What does the term, "for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin", mean?

Is it possibly related to the following?

Psalms 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

  71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

  75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Or is it possibly related to the following?

II Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Did it apply in the following case?

I Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

What does it mean, "the destruction of the flesh"?

Did he suffer in the flesh?

Was the devil allowed to hurt him, but for the man's own good, in the omniscient providence of a compassionate, merciful Savior?

Then after he was afflicted, did he repent, so that Paul encouraged the church, in the second letter, to receive the man back?

II Corinthians 2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

  7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

  8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

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