George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Peter 4:10
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. An admonition to the ministers of the gospel, to employ well their talents and the graces received to the honour and glory of God. (Witham)
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. An admonition to the ministers of the gospel, to employ well their talents and the graces received to the honour and glory of God. (Witham)
Verse 10. _HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT_] χαρισμα. _A gift_; any blessing of _providence_ or _grace_. I cannot think that the word means here the _Holy Ghost_, or any of his supernatural gifts or influences...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT - The word rendered “the gift” (χάρισμα charisma,) in the Greek, without the article, means “endowment” of any kind, but especially that conferred by the Holy Spir...
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...
The conception that the _consummation of_ all things is at hand fills the thought of the section with urgency. All work is to be done in that spirit of earnest, prayerful readiness that all life may p...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
Be hospitable to one another and never grudge it. As each has received a gift from God, so let all use such gifts in the service of one another, like good stewards of the grace of God. Peter's mind i...
EVERY MAN. each one. HATH. Omit. GIFT. App-184. See 1 Corinthians 7:7. MINISTER. App-190. THE SAME. it. ONE TO ANOTHER. among yourselves (1 Peter 4:8). STEWARDS. See...
_As every man hath received the gift_ The two verses remind us of the like precepts in Romans 12:6; 1Co 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:28. The tense of the Greek verb ("as every man _received_the gift") impli...
Having urged the necessity of terminating the regime of sin, St Peter next gives a summary of what life according to God in the Spirit should be. It is a life of sober-mindedness, of watchful prayer,...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ἜΛΑΒΕΝ ΧΆΡΙΣΜΑ. The aorist most naturally refers to their conversion or their baptism but, if worldly goods to be used in hospitality are included as a χάρισμα, these would be possessed before c...
ΈΚΑΣΤΟΣ (G1538) каждый, ΚΑΘΏΣ (G2531) подобно тому, как. ΈΛΑΒΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) принимать, ΧΆΡΙΣΜΑ (G5486) дар, милостивый дар, дар благодати (_см._ 1 Corinthians 1:7; DPL, 339-4...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED, &C.— "And as all talents for _public_ offices, as well as private capacities of usefulness in the church, are the free gift of God, let every one who is favoured with them,...
1 PETER 4:10-11 ACCORDING AS EACH HATH RECEIVED A GIFT, MINISTERING IT AMONG YOURSELVES, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD; IF ANY MAN SPEAKETH, SPEAKING AS IT WERE ORACLES OF GOD; IF ANY...
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. EVERY - `even as each received,' in whatever degree, and of whatever ki...
VERSE 10. AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT. A gift is something that has been received from another. In this case it is God who is the dispenser of the gift. The gift here mentioned may be either...
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...
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...
God has made everyone able to do something. This is your ‘gift’. Often God gives people more than one gift. There are various gifts. The *Greek word for ‘various’ means ‘of many colours’. Together, Go...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT. — There is no definite article in the-Greek, which might be rendered, _According as every man was gifted._ They are reminded, as in 1 Corinthians 4:7, that the gif...
(7-11) DUTY OF BENEVOLENCE WITHIN THE CHURCH IN VIEW OF THE ADVENT. — The end of the world is not far off; let it find you not only sober, but (above all else) exerting an intense charity within the C...
CHAPTER 13 CHRISTIAN SERVICE FOR GOD'S GLORY 1 Peter 4:7 "BUT the end of all things is at hand." Well-nigh two thousand years have passed away since the Apostle wrote these words. What are we to thi...
f. supplement the foregoing directions for the inner life of the Church and rest partly on Romans 12:6 (with simpler classification of _gifts_), partly on the conception of disciples as _stewards_ (Lu...
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...
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...
SERVING TO GLORIFY GOD From considering some who had heard the gospel and already died, Peter went immediately into the nearness of the end of all things. Peter may well have been specifically thinkin...
(8) As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, (9) as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (8) He shows the use of charity, that is, that every man bestow...
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...
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...
_THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘The end of all things is at hand … watch unto prayer.… Have fervent charity.… Use hospitality.… Speak as the oracles of God … that God in all things may be glorified.’ 1...
_THE EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH_ ‘As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another.’ 1 Peter 4:10 The weight of the Apostle’s exhortations is strengthened by reminding t...
10_As every one hath received _He reminds us what we ought to bear in mind when we do good to our neighbors; for nothing is more fitted to correct our murmurings than to remember that we do not give o...
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...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT,.... That is, from God, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add. This is a general rule laid down by the apostle, according to which, distribution of every kind, wh...
As every man hath received the gift, _even so_ minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Ver. 10. _Even so minister_] Clouds when full, pour down, and the spout...
_As every man hath received the gift_ Or, _a gift_, spiritual or temporal, ordinary or extraordinary, (although the latter seems primarily intended,) _so minister the same one to another_ Employ that...
THE GIFT; the spiritual gift qualifying him to serve God in a particular way. Compare the very similar passage in Romans 12:6-8 THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD; manifesting itself in the bestowment of mani...
Christian virtues and works:...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT, EVEN SO MINISTER THE SAME ONE TO ANOTHER, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD....
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 4:10 ‘As each one has received. special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.'_ ‘AS EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED. SPECIAL GIFT' -‘Special'-‘original...
7-11 The destruction of the Jewish church and nation, foretold by our Saviour, was very near. And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which these words naturally lead our minds...
AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT; any gift, office, faculty, or ability, whereby he may be serviceable to the good of others, all which are received of God, 1 CORINTHIANS 12:11 EPHESIANS 4:7. MINIS...
1 Peter 4:10 As G2531 one G1538 received G2983 (G5627) gift G5486 minister G1247 (G5723) it G846 another...
‘According as each has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; if any man speaks, as it were oracles of God; if any man ministers, as of the st...
IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMING JUDGMENT AND RESURRECTION THEY ARE TO LIVE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY (1 PETER 4:7). In view of the urgency of the times therefore they are to live out their Christian lives ac...
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...
1 Peter 4:10. EVEN AS EACH MAN RECEIVED A GIFT, MINISTERING THE SAME ONE TO ANOTHER. The possession of gifts being taken for granted, the love which pledges all to open-hearted hospitality, pledges ea...
The thought of Christ's readiness to judge both quick and dead leads naturally to that of the close of the world. Peter passes thus to a new series of counsels bearing on what befits men who see the J...
GIFT (χαρισμα). Late N.T. word (in late papyri) from χαριζομα, to give graciously. It is used here by Peter as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:9;...
GRACE Grace (imparted). (1 Peter 5:5); (1 Peter 5:10); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
1 Peter 4:10 Combination. I. Religion is, in one sense, a hidden thing "a life hid with Christ in God." Acts rather than words are the invigorating exponents of emotion. And doubtless it is the consc...
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...
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 ourse...
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....
EACH ONE. Peter means the gifts from the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:28), but the same principle applies to everyone. Each one is to think of his abilities and talents as _gifts from...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:10 All believers have RECEIVED at least one spiritual GIFT from God. They must use these gifts faithfully as STEWARDS of God’s grace
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:7. END OF ALL THINGS.—Jews naturally thought of the end of organised Judaism as the “end of all things,” The end of one great _æon_, or dispensation was nigh...
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 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10;...
A gift [χ α ρ ι σ μ α]. Originally, something freely given : a gift of grace [χ α ρ ι ς]. Used in New Testament (a) of a blessing of God graciously bestowed, as upon sinners (Romans 5:15; Romans 5:16;...
As every one hath received a gift — Spiritual or temporal, ordinary or extraordinary, although the latter seems primarily intended. So minister it one to another — Employ it for the common good. As go...
His next exhortation is, That they endeavour rightly to employ, and wisely to improve, their spiritual gifts, (as well as their temporal, mentioned in the foregoing verse,) which they had received for...