The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: ELDERS - alike in office and age (). I ... ALSO AN ELDER. To put one's self on a level with those we exhort gives weight to exhortat... [ Continue Reading ]
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; FEED, [ Poimanate (G4165)] - 'Tend as a shepherd,' by discipline and doctrine. Lead, feed, heed; by prayer, exhortation, government, example. The di... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. BEING LORDS, [ katakurieuontes (G2634)] - 'lording it' with despotic pride (2 Corinthians 1:24). GOD'S HERITAGE, [ ton (G3588) kleeron (G2819)] - 'the inheritances;' i:e., the portions of the Church committed severall... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. AND - And so: as the result of "being ensamples" (1 Peter 5:3). CHIEF SHEPHERD - Christ's special title, not Peter's or the pope's. WHEN ... SHALL APPEAR - `be manifested' (Colossians 3:4). Fait... [ Continue Reading ]
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. YE YOUNGER. The deacons were originally younger men, the presbyters older: subsequently, as presbyter expre... [ Continue Reading ]
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND - afflicting you (): 'accept' His chastisements; turn to Him that smiteth you (). He depresses the proud and exalts the humble. IN DUE TIME - wait patiently His own fit time. So '... [ Continue Reading ]
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. CASTING - once for all [ epiripsantes (G1977), aorist]. CARE, [ merimnan (G3308)] - 'anxiety;' advantage from humbling ourselves under God's hand (1 Peter 5:6), confident reliance on His goodness, and exemption from care. CARETH FOR YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Peter has in mind Christ's warning to watch against Satan, from forgetting which he fell (Luke 22:31). BE SOBER. "Care" will intoxicate the soul; therefore be sober - i:e., sel... [ Continue Reading ]
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. - (; Ephesians 6:11; .) STEDFAST - (cf. , end.) Satan's power exists only against the unbelieving: the faithful he cannot touch (). Faith gives strength to prayer, the in... [ Continue Reading ]
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Assurance that God will "perfect" His work of "grace" in them, after they have under-gone the preliminary suffering. BUT... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. SILVANUS - Silas, the companion of Paul and Timothy: a suitable messenger by whom to confirm Paul's doctrine of the true grace of God' in... [ Continue Reading ]
The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. THE ... AT BABYLON. Alford and Bengel, 'She that is elected together with you in Babylon;' namely, Peter's wife, whom he led about in his missionary journeys (cf. ). But why she should be called 'el... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]