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Verse 1 Peter 4:4. _THEY THINK IT STRANGE_] ξενιζονται. They
_wonder_ and are _astonished_ at you, that ye can renounce these
gratifications of the flesh for a spiritual something, the good of
which _...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE - In respect to which vices, they who
were once your partners and accomplices now think it strange that you
no longer unite with them. They do not understand the reasons...
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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 i...
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Our voluntary suffering in the way of righteousness denotes our
fellowship with Christ, and our breaking with sin. Let there be
therefore no return, on the part of converts, to the evil life of
pagani...
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Since then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves
with the same conviction, that he who has suffered in the flesh has
ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man...
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THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
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WHEREIN. In (App-104.) which.
THINK, &C. See Acts 17:20.
EXCESS. Greek. _anachusis._ Only here.
RIOT. Greek. _asotia_. See Ephesians 5:18.
SPEAKING EVIL OF. Greek. _blasphemeo._...
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_wherein they think it strange_ It may be worth noting that the same
word is used to express (1) coming as a stranger (Acts 10:6; Acts
10:18; Acts 21:16) and (2) as here, in...
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1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO
SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR
CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS
1 Peter 3:17 to...
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ἘΝ ὯΙ, _wherein, in which respect_
ΞΕΝΊΖΟΝΤΑΙ. In the active the verb is used transitively of
entertaining strangers, Acts 10:23; Acts 28:7; Hebrews 13:2, and once
of “surprising doctrines,”...
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ΈΝ Ω в этих вещах, в этом, в таком
образе жизни (Bigg),
ΞΕΝΊΖΟΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΞΕΝΊΖΩ (G3579)
развлекать, развлекать гостей,
поражать, удивлять; _pass._ быть в гостях
(BAGD). Предполагаетс...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE, &C.— In the Syriac the words run
thus: _And behold now, they are amazed and blaspheme_ you, because you
do not grow wanton with them in the same intemperance as formerly...
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1 PETER 4:4 WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE THAT YE RUN NOT WITH THEM
INTO THE SAME EXCESS OF RIOT, SPEAKING EVIL OF YOU:
_Expanded Translation_
in which (sinful ways just described) they are amazed t...
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VERSE 4. WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE.
The Gentiles think it strange that we do not continue to commit these
excesses with them as we did before our conversion to Christ, and for
this reason these G...
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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...
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4:4 corruption, (a-17) Or 'dissoluteness,' the heart being poured out
into it. Or 'excess of profligacy.'...
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SPEAKING EVIL OF _you_] 'Of you,' as RV shows, is not in the Gk. These
men spoke the same kind of blasphemy as the mockers in 2 Peter 3:8....
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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...
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When people become Christians, their lives change. This happens
because the Spirit of Jesus is now in them. They give up their evil
behaviour. Now they *worship God, who is the Father of Jesus Christ....
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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...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE. — The word “wherein” is used in
exactly the same sense as in 1 Peter 2:12; that is to say, it does not
directly point back to the list of sins just named, but the
gramma...
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CHAPTER 12
THE LESSONS OF SUFFERING
1 Peter 4:1
IT is always hard to swim against the stream; and if the effort be a
moral one, the difficulty is not lessened. These early Christians were
finding it...
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ἐν ᾧ, _whereat, i.e._ (i.) at your change of life (1 Peter 4:2
f.) explained below by μὴ συντρεχ.… or (ii.) _on which
ground_, because you lived as they did. ξενίζονται, _are
surprised_, as in 1 Peter...
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THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
1 Peter 4:1
The Apostle urges the disciples to make a clean break with sin. As our
Lord's grave lay between Him and His earlier life, so there should be
a clean break between o...
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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...
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"Licentiousness" describes uncontrolled desires, such as, gluttony and
sensual passions. "Lusts" is a word describing desire for things
forbidden. "Drunkenness" and wild drinking parties, or "revelrie...
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(3) Wherein they think it (c) strange that ye run not with [them] to
the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
(3) That we be not moved with the enemies perverse and slanderous
judgments of us...
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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; (2) That he no longer should live t...
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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...
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4_Wherein they think it strange _The words of Peter literally are
these, “In which they are strangers, you not running with them into
the same excess of riot, blaspheming.” But the word, _to be
strang...
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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...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE,.... Here the apostle points out what
the saints must expect from the men of the world, by living a
different life; and he chooses to mention it, to prevent
discouragemen...
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Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with _them_ to the same
excess of riot, speaking evil of _you_ :
Ver. 4. _They think it strange_] Gr. ξενιζονται. That they
think it a new world, marvell...
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_For the time past of our life may suffice us_ Αρκετος
ημιν, _is sufficient for us; to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles_ The expression is soft, but conveys a very strong meaning,
namely, that in...
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THEY; the wicked.
The change which the grace of God produces in the character and
conduct of men, especially of the openly vicious, often appears to
their former companions strange; and they are apt...
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ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
Ceasing from sin:...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE THAT YE RUN NOT WITH THEM TO THE SAME
EXCESS OF RIOT, SPEAKING EVIL OF YOU;...
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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...
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_ 1 Peter 4:4 ‘And in all this, they are surprised that you do not
run with them into the same excess of dissipation, and they malign
you;'_
‘AND IN ALL THIS' -‘Such behavior was part of the normal l...
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1-6 The strongest and best arguments against sin, are taken from the
sufferings of Christ. He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully
submitted to the worst sufferings, yet he never gave way to...
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WHEREIN THEY THINK IT STRANGE: Greek, are strangers, i.e. carry
themselves as strangers, wondering (as at some new thing) at the
change the gospel hath made in you, and your no more conforming
yoursel...
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2 Clement
And the unbelievers "shall see His glory," and strength; and they
shall think it strange when they see the sovereignty[138]...
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1 Peter 4:4 regard G1722 these G3739 strange G3579 (G5743) you G5216
not G3361 run G4936 (G5723) in...
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‘In which they think it strange that you do not run with them into
the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you,'
Nothing would have produced more comment than the change that took
place in men and w...
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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 i...
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CHRIST'S SUFFERING IN THE FLESH SHOULD ARM THEM FOR THE BATTLE AHEAD
WITH ONE EYE ON THE COMING JUDGMENT AND ON THE RESURRECTION (1 PETER
4:1).
Peter tells us that by being made one with Christ in His...
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1 Peter 4:4. ON WHICH ACCOUNT THEY THINK IT STRANGE THAT YE RUN NOT
WITH THEM INTO THE SAME EFFUSION (OR, SLOUGH) OF PROFLIGACY, SPEAKING
EVIL OF YOU. The ‘wherein' of the A. V. (which the R. V. also...
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This paragraph brings to an end the series of counsels which began
with chap. 1 Peter 2:11, and have dealt with what is essential to a
becoming ‘conversation among the Gentiles.' Christian duty in
rel...
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WHEREIN
(εν ω). "In which thing" (manner of life).THEY THINK IT STRANGE
(ξενιζοντα). Present passive indicative of ξενιζω, old
verb (from ξενος, stranger), to entertain a guest (Acts 10:23),
to as...
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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...
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1 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:_
Brethren, we have a...
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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 ourse...
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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....
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AND NOW. "The heathen cannot understand why you do not join them in
these things as you once did! And so they insult you and make fun of
you and say you are antisocial!" The worshipers of Bacchus, in...
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THE CALL TO HOLY LIVING
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 Peter 4:1. IN THE FLESH.—Or to the flesh; _i.e_., so far as the
flesh is concerned. The same sphere IN which Christian disciples were
called...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16; 2 Peter 2:12; 2 Peter 2:22; Acts 13:45;...
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Run not with them. "In a troop" (Bengel); like a band of revellers.
See above. Compare Ovid's description of the Bacchic rites :
"Lo, Baccus comes! and with the festive cries Resound the fields; and...
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The same — As ye did once. Speaking evil of you — As proud,
singular, silly, wicked and the like....