1 Peter 5:14

Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are KISS OF CHARITY (, "an holy kiss") - token of love to God and the brethren. Love and holiness are inseparable (cf. ). PEACE - Peter's closing salutation; as Paul's is, "Grace be with you," accompanied with "peace be to the brethren." "Peace" (flowing from salvation) was Christ's own salutation after the resurrection: from Him Peter derives it. BE WITH YOU ALL THAT ARE IN CHRIST. ['Aleph (') adds, A B omit, "Jesus."] In , addressed to the same region, the same limitation. of the salutation occurs, whence Peter adopts it. Contrast "be with you all,...

Of the _kiss of love _we have spoken elsewhere. Now he bids this to be the kiss of love, (58) so that the sincerity of the heart might correspond with the external act. END OF THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER...

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 1 Peter 5:14. _GREET YE ONE ANOTHER WITH A KISS OF CHARITY._] Romans 16:16, and on _"_1 Corinthians 16:20_"_. In the above places the kiss is called _a holy kiss_; here, φιληματιαγαπης, _a kiss of_ LOVE; i.e. as a mark of their love to each other, in order that misunderstandings might be prevented. But ten or twelve MSS., with the _Syriac, Arabic, Armenian_, and _Vulgate_, have αγιω, _holy; salute one another with a_ HOLY _kiss_. The difference is not great. _PEACE_ BE _WITH YOU ALL_] May all _prosperity_, spiritual and temporal, be with all _that are in Christ Jesus_ - that are truly converted to h

GREET YE ONE ANOTHER WITH A KISS OF CHARITY - A kiss of love; a common method of affectionate salutation in the times of the apostles. See the notes at Romans 16:16. PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS - That are true Christians. See the Ephesians 6:23 note; Philippians 4:7 note....

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,...

GREET YE ONE ANOTHER WITH A KISS OF CHARITY,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "with an holy kiss"; and so some copies, as in Romans 16:16 and elsewhere; Romans 16:16; and intends such a kiss, as is not only opposite to everything that is lascivious and impure, but is expressive of true love and affection, and is hearty and sincere: and such a love the Jews call, as the apostle does here, נשיקה דרחימו, "a kiss of love" i; for as Philo the Jew k observes, a kiss and love differ, the one may be without the other, a mere compliment, a show of friendship, and not arise from sincere love. PEACE WITH YOU ALL, THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS; who were chosen in him before the foundation of the world; and appeared to be in him by the effectual calling; and were at le

1 PETER 5:14 avga,phj {A} Instead of avga,phj, the scribes of several minuscule manuscripts (436 1735 2464 _al_) read a`gi,w|, thus imitating the familiar Pauline expression fi,lhma a[gion ( Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:...

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

Mention of the scribe or amanuensis and closing salutations. These words may (as sometimes with Paul) have been in the author's own hand. He probably calls the letter brief in view of what he had it in his heart to say. Silvanus can supplement the written message, and they may trust him as one who knows and can express all that is in the writer's mind. Silvanus is generally identified with the person of the same name in Paul's letters (1 and 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:19) and the Silas of Acts. It is thought by some that he was more than a mere amanuensis of this letter, and was given much freedom in its composition, and by many who deny the Petrine authorship his name is chosen as the most likely substitute. The greeting from her of Babylon may refer to an individual or to a