1 Peter 4:18
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What does 1 Peter 4:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
What does 1 Peter 4:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
Verse 18. _AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED_] If it shall be with _extreme difficulty_ that the _Christians_ shall escape from Jerusalem, when the Roman armies shall come against it with the ful...
AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED - If they are saved with difficulty. The word used here (μόλις molis) occurs in the following places: Acts 14:18, “scarce restrained they the people;” Acts 27:7...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life...
The section repeats ideas that have already appeared (1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 3:13), only they are emphasized by the imminence (1 Peter 4:17) of severe trial. 1 PETER 4:15. A MEDDLER: the original wor...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
RIGHTEOUS. App-191. SCARCELY. See Acts 14:18. UNGODLY. Greek. _asebes._ Compare App-128. APPEAR. App-106. Compare Proverbs 11:31 (Septuagint)...
_And if the righteous scarcely be saved_ Once more we have a passage from the Old Testament (Proverbs 11:31) without any formula of quotation. In this instance the Apostle quotes from the LXX. version...
ΕἸ Ὁ ΔΊΚΑΙΟΣ ΜΌΛΙΣ ΣΏΖΕΤΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. The quotation is taken from the LXX. of Proverbs 11:31 where the Hebrew is “Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; how much more the wicked and the s...
ΜΌΛΙΣ (G3433) с трудом, едва. Эти слова выражают не сомнение в спасении христиан, но подчеркивают, как велики усилия Бога по спасению их (Best), ΣΏΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΣΏΖΩ (G4982) спасать,...
DISCOURSE: 2410 THE DIFFICULTY OF SALVATION 1 Peter 4:18. _If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?_ EARNESTNESS in the concerns of religion is often though...
AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS, &C.— St. Peter having, in the preceding verse, compared the case of the Christians with that of the unbelieving Jews, he intimated that the approaching calamities were only to _b...
1 PETER 4:17-18 FOR THE TIME IS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: AND IF IT BEGIN FIRST AT US, WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD? AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS IS SCAR...
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? SCARCELY (cf. , end) - having to pass through trying chastisements, as David did for sin. "The righteous" man...
VERSE 18. AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED. I can not think the apostle here intimates any difficulty in the salvation of the righteous, for in his second Epistle he states plainly that the ent...
19 Who are these imprisoned spirits ? Are they not the same that Peter mentions in his second epistle (1Pe_2:4) who were thrust down to the gloomy caverns of Tartarus, and the messengers of Jude's epi...
4:18 saved, (f-7) Saved here on the earth, as through the trials and judgments which specially beset the Jewish Christians....
THE SECURITY OF THE FAITHFUL IN THE APPROACHING JUDGMENT _C_ (ii). 1 Peter 4:1. 'This is your faith: live then in accordance with it. Arm yourselves against your troubles by resolving to be like Chris...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 LIVING FOR GOD v1 Christ suffered while he was in his human body. Each one of you Christians must be ready to suffer as he did. If you suf...
(12-19) EXHORTATION TO COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS IN PERSECUTION. — All ought to be prepared for persecution. It is a blessed and glorious thing to have to bear it. A criminal’s death and a Christian m...
CHAPTER 15 THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE JUDGMENT HERE 1 Peter 4:15 THE Apostle now goes one step farther in his exhortations. The brethren are suffering for Christ's cause, and may draw comfort from Christ's...
To the summary excerpt from Ezekiel Peter appends the Septuagint version of Proverbs 11:31, which is followed by the Syriac and partially by the Targum: The original according to the Masoretic text is...
SUFFERING AS A CHRISTIAN 1 Peter 4:12 We are called upon to share our Savior's sufferings-not those of His substitution, but His daily self-denial, the hatred of men, the anguish of His soul over th...
The whole force of the argument which the apostle has used in speaking thus of the Christ was to show these saints how through suffering Christ reached a triumph, and to call them to arm themselves wi...
GLORIFYING GOD IN SUFFERING Trials are a part of the Christian's life and should not surprise him (John 15:18-20; 2 Timothy 3:12). Woods says of the "fiery trial," "the figure here used is that of go...
_Scarcely. That is, not without much labour and difficulty. (Challoner)_...
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; tha...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
When the faithful see that it is well with the wicked, they are necessarily tempted to be envious; and this is a very dangerous trial; for present happiness is what all desire. Hence the Spirit of God...
From the beginning of this Chapter to the end of Verse, the apostle continues to speak of the general principles of God's government, exhorting, the Christian to act on the principles of Christ Him el...
AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED,.... Reference is had to Proverbs 11:31 where in the Septuagint version are the same words as here: the "righteous" are such, not who are so in their own opinion...
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Ver. 18. _Scarcely be saved_] Hard and scarce; not at all from outward miseries (whereof he is sure to have his...
_And if the righteous scarcely be saved_ Escape with the utmost difficulty. So the word μολις, rendered _scarcely_, signifies. That is, If it be not without much difficulty that the Christians are sec...
SCARCELY BE SAVED; saved with difficulty, through many trials. WHERE SHALL THE UNGODLY-APPEAR? how certain and awful will be their destruction. The words are quoted from the Greek version of Proverbs...
Suffering as Christians:...
Christ's suffering in the flesh is set before us then as an example; not His sufferings for us in atonement, which were His alone, but His sufferings in a contrary world, in precious, lowly grace. We...
_1 Peter 4:18 ‘And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?'_ ‘AND IF IT IS…' -‘This verse has the same theme, but expressed this time...
12-19 By patience and fortitude in suffering, by dependence on the promises of God, and keeping to the word the Holy Spirit hath revealed, the Holy Spirit is glorified; but by the contempt and reproa...
SCARCELY BE SAVED; with much labour and difficulty, through many tribulations, ACTS 14:22, as going in the narrow way, and entering in at the strait gate, MATTHEW 7:13,14. THE UNGODLY AND THE SINNER;...
1 Peter 4:18 Now G2532 If G1487 one G1342 scarcely G3433 saved G4982 (G5743) Where G4226 will G5316 ungodly G765 and G2532 sinner G268 appear G5316 (G5695) if - 1 Peter 5:8; Proverbs 11:31;...
APPLICATION OF THE PREVIOUS THEME, AND REMINDER OF THE COMING JUDGMENT (1 PETER 4:1). Having portrayed the great and all encompassing victory of Jesus Christ through suffering, Peter now applies the...
In this second series of exhortations to Christian duty as that is affected by the prospect of the end, Peter takes up again the case of persecution which he has touched on more than once already. The...
AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS IS SCARCELY SAVED (κα ε ο δικαιος μολις σωζετα). First-class condition again with ε and present passive indicative of σωζω. Quotation from Proverbs 11:31. See 1 Peter 3:12; 1 Pe...
RIGHTEOUS Righteousness. (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _ SAVED (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _ SINNER SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
1 Peter 4:1. _Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind:_ Accepting this great truth, that it is well that the flesh should die that the s...
CONTENTS: Exhortations to mortification of sin and living unto God. Suffering with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ having suffered so much for us, should cause us to fortify ours...
1 Peter 4:3. _The will of the gentiles._ Augustine in his city of God, should be read to see the excess and abominable idolatries of the gentiles. See the notes on Ephesians 5:12; Romans 1. 1 Peter 4:...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Peter paraphrases Proverbs 11:31 and Ezekiel 9:8-11. "The time has come for judgment to be poured out on the Jewish nation for their crimes, and it must begin with you Jewish Ch...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:17 In the OT, HOUSEHOLD OF GOD (literally, “house of God”) refers to the temple. Now God’s people are his temple (see 1 Peter 2:4). “JUDGMENT beginning with God’s house” echo...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:12. STRANGE.—Do not be surprised, as if something unreasonable had happened. No form of suffering can come to Christians as accident. God, with a purpose of...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 4:1 FORASMUCH THEN AS CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH. St. Peter returns, after the digression of 1 Peter 3:19, to the great subject of Christ's example. The words "for...
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us (1 Peter 4:1) That is, has gone to the cross. in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered (1 Peter 4:1) Or come...
1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 2:6; 2 Peter 3:7; Acts 14:22; Acts 27:24; Acts 27:31; Acts 27:42;...
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS 1 Peter 4:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things about suffering for Christ which need to be emphasized. 1. CHRISTIANS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING. Asaph said, "I wa...
If the righteous scarcely be saved — Escape with the utmost difficulty. Where shall the ungodly — The man who knows not God. And the open sinner appear — In that day of vengeance. The salvation here p...
As if he had said, " When the day of visitation comes, which is verily at hand, and God shall begin to punish the Jews, his own people, called his HOUSE in the foregoing verse; if then the righteous a...