1 Peter 5:11

To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. TO HIM - alone: not to ourselves. Compare "Himself," note, 1 Peter 5:10. GLORY AND. So 'Aleph ('); omitted in A B, Vulgate. DOMINION, [ to (G3588) kratos (G2904)] - 'the might' shown in 'perfecting,' etc., you, 1 Peter 5:10....

11_To him be glory _That he might add more confidence to the godly, he breaks out into thanksgiving. Though this be read in the indicative as well as in the optative mood, still the meaning is nearly the same....

10-14 In conclusion, the apostle prays to God for them, as the God of all grace. Perfect implies their progress towards perfection. Stablish imports the curing of our natural lightness and inconstancy. Strengthen has respect to the growth of graces, especially where weakest and lowest. Settle signifies to fix upon a sure foundation, and may refer to Him who is the Foundation and Strength of believers. These expressions show that perseverance and progress in grace are first to be sought after by every Christian. The power of these doctrines on the hearts, and the fruits in the lives, showed who are partakers of the grace of God. The cherishing and increase of Christian love, and of affection one to another, is no matter of empty compliment, but the stamp and badge of Jesus Christ on his followers. Others may have a false peace for a time, and wicked men may wish for it to themselves and...

Verse 11. _TO HIM_] The God of all grace, _be glory_ - all honour and praise be ascribed, and _dominion_ - the government of heaven, earth, and hell, _for ever_ - through time, _and ever_ - through eternity. _Amen_ - so be it, so let it be, and so it shall be. Amen and Amen!...

TO HIM BE GLORY ... - See the notes at 1 Peter 4:11....

EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 5:1 THE ELDERS WHICH ARE AMONG YOU I EXHORT. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefore, among you I exhort." The solemn thoughts of the last chapter, the coming judgment, the approach of persecution, the necessity of perseverance in well-doing, suggest the exhortation; hence the "therefore." The context shows that the apostle is using the word "elder" (πρεσβύτερος,_ _presbyter) in its official sense, though its original meaning was also in his thoughts, as appears by 1 Peter 5:5. We first meet with the word in the Old Testament (Exodus 3:16,...

TO HIM BE GLORY, AND DOMINION, FOR EVER AND EVER, AMEN. The Syriac version begins this doxology in the preceding verse, reading the words thus, "to the God of grace", and then putting what follows, "who hath called us", c. into a parenthesis, connects them with these, "be glory, and power, and honour", c. "glory" is due to God for all the grace he bestows on men and to give it to him shows a sense of divine goodness, and a grateful heart and to him very fitly is "dominion" ascribed, whose kingdom rules over all, and who dispenses his grace, as well as his providential favours, in a sovereign way; and whom the saints are in a peculiar manner under obligation to obey; to which is added, "Amen", signifying that so the apostle prayed it might be, and believed it would be....

1 PETER 5:11 to. kra,toj {B} The variation of position of h` do,xa (before kra,toj in a K P 049 056 0142 88 104 181 326 330 _al_; after kra,toj in 33 81 614 630 945 1241 1505 1739 1881 _al_), as well as its absence from such witnesses as î72 A B Y vg ethro, can be explained best on the assumption that it is a later intrusion into the text, derived from 1 Peter 4:11. Other singular and sub-singular variants occur, derived from traditional doxologies....

V. EXHORTATIONS CONCERNING SERVICE AND CONFLICT CHAPTER 5 _ 1. As to Christian service (1 Peter 5:1)_ 2. Conflict and victory (1 Peter 5:8) 3. The conclusion (1 Peter 5:12) 1 Peter 5:1 Peter now speaks in great tenderness exhorting to service. The exhortation is addressed to the elders and he speaks of himself as a “fellow-elder.” Does he mean by this an official title or does he mean simply his age and experience? He is not writing in any official capacity, but the word elder has the meaning of old in years. He assumes no ecclesiastical authority to dictate, but speaks out of a ripe experience and a

Further counsels to watchfulness, and to sympathy, closing with a renewed promise of God's reward, and a short doxology. 1 PETER 5:8. SEEKING WHOM: the rendering seeking someone to devour, founded on a better reading, is preferable. It is more in accord with the figure and less suggestive of the adversary's success. 1 Peter 5:9. knowing, etc.: the Gr. words are not easy to render (_cf. mg.),_ but the translation given by Moffatt is much to be preferred, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world. The words constitute a call to active participation in the trials of the community (2 Timothy 2:3 _mg.)._ IN THE WORLD may point to a general persec