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1 Peter 4:17
For the time is come that Judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
For the time is come that Judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
Verse 17. _JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD_] Our Lord had predicted that, previously to the destruction of Jerusalem, his own followers would have to endure various calamities; see Matthew 24...
FOR THE TIME IS COME - That is, this is now to be expected. There is reason to think that this trial will now occur, and there is a propriety that it should be made. Probably the apostle referred to s...
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 section repeats ideas that have already appeared (1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 3:13), only they are emphasized by the imminence (1 Peter 4:17) of severe trial....
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
For the time has come for judgment to begin from the household of God. And, if it begins from us, what will be the end of those who disobey the good news which comes from God? And, if the righteous ma...
THE TIME, &C. = (_it is)_ the season. THAT JUDGMENT, &C. Literally of judgment (App-177.) beginning. AT. from. App-104. HOUSE. Compare 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Timothy 3:15.Hebrews 3:6;...
_For the time is come that judgment must begin_ Literally, IT IS THE SEASON OF THE BEGINNING OF THE JUDGMENT. The words of the Apostle stand in close connexion with his belief that he was living in th...
ὍΤΙ [Ὁ] ΚΑΙΡῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ἌΡΞΑΣΘΑΙ ΤῸ ΚΡΊΜΑ�. The sufferings of Christians are the _initial_ stages in the judgment of the world. The process of judgment begins with God’s own house first. οἶκος might mean...
ΆΡΞΑΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начинать. Этот оборот с инфинитивом необычен, но может быть в аппозиции или являться эпэкз. (RWP). ΆΠΕΙΘΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΠΕΙΘΈΩ (G54...
DISCOURSE: 2409 THE END OF UNBELIEVERS 1 Peter 4:17. _What shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God?_ MANY are the troubles of the righteous: and though their afflictions are not alwa...
FOR THE TIME IS COME, &C.— 'Ο καιρος, the time; the signal _time_ prophesied of, Matthew 24:9; Matthew 24:21. Mark 13:12. By το κριμα, _judgment,_ seems here to be meant the particular distress which...
1 PETER 4:17-18 FOR THE TIME IS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: AND IF IT BEGIN FIRST AT US, WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD? AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS IS SCAR...
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? Another consolation. All must pass und...
VERSE 17. FOR THE TIME IS COME THAT JUDGMENT. The sense of this verse becomes easier by discarding the supplied words "is come." The judgment begins at the Church of God; that is, the righteous are ju...
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...
4:17 us, (d-20) See Ezekiel 9:6 . obey (e-29) Or 'believe not.' See ch. 2.7,8 and 3.20....
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...
‘Judgement’ is the act of judging. God will judge people by his standards of what is right and wrong. Then he will reward or punish each person. It is not easy to live a Christian life. God wants Chri...
FOR THE TIME IS COME. — The “for” (literally, _because_) seems to substantiate the whole of the former part of the section, from 1 Peter 4:12 onwards, but with special reference to the injunction to g...
(12-19) EXHORTATION TO COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS IN PERSECUTION. — All ought to be prepared for persecution. It is a blessed and glorious thing to have to bear it. A criminal’s death and a Christian m...
CHAPTER 15 THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE JUDGMENT HERE 1 Peter 4:15 THE Apostle now goes one step farther in his exhortations. The brethren are suffering for Christ's cause, and may draw comfort from Christ's...
That Judgment begins at the House of God is a deduction from the vision of Ezekiel 9. (_cf._ Ezekiel 7:4, _the_ καιρός _has come_); the slaughter of Israelites who are not marked with Tau, is ordained...
SUFFERING AS A CHRISTIAN 1 Peter 4:12 We are called upon to share our Savior's sufferings-not those of His substitution, but His daily self-denial, the hatred of men, the anguish of His soul over the...
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...
GLORIFYING GOD IN SUFFERING Trials are a part of the Christian's life and should not surprise him (John 15:18-20; 2 Timothy 3:12). Woods says of the "fiery trial," "the figure here used is that of gol...
(16) For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and (17) if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God? (16) The third reason:...
_The time is that judgment should begin at the house of God. By judgment seems to be here understood afflictions, persecutions, and trials in this world; and the sense is, that the time of this life i...
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; tha...
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...
17_For the time is come, _or, _Since also the time is come_. He amplifies the consolation, which the goodness of the cause for which we suffer brings to us, while we are afflicted for the name of Chri...
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...
FOR THE TIME IS COME THAT JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD,.... By the house of God is either meant the temple at Jerusalem, which is often so called, because it was built for God, and where we...
For the time _is come_ that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if _it_ first _begin_ at us, what shall the end _be_ of them that obey not the gospel of God? Ver. 17. _Judgment must begin_]...
_For the time is come_ Foretold by Christ, Matthew 24:9; John 16:2; _that judgment must begin at the house of God_ In the Christian Church; God's own family, which he first visits, both in justice and...
AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; with the people of God. Wicked men by persecuting Christians are instrumental in their purification and preparation for heaven; and when they put them to death, they put an end t...
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 4:17 ‘For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?'_ ‘FOR IT IS TIME...
12-19 By patience and fortitude in suffering, by dependence on the promises of God, and keeping to the word the Holy Spirit hath revealed, the Holy Spirit is glorified; but by the contempt and reproa...
FOR THE TIME IS COME; or season, viz. that which is fixed by God: the afflictions that befall God's people come in the time appointed, and so are never unseasonable. Or this may imply, that what the p...
1 Peter 4:17 For G3754 time G2540 judgment G2917 begin G756 (G5670) at G575 house G3624 God G2316 and...
‘For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?' In context the ‘judgment beginning at (or...
PERSECUTION IS A NECESSARY RESULT OF THEIR BEING UNITED WITH CHRIST IN HIS SUFFERINGS FOR IT IS THE FIRST STAGE IN THE JUDGMENT THAT IS COMING ON ALL (1 PETER 4:12). Peter still has his eye firmly fix...
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 4:17. BECAUSE IT IS THE SEASON FOR THE JUDGMENT TO BEGIN WITH THE HOUSE OF GOD. A reason why, under persecution and in all circumstances, they should so conduct themselves as to glorify God. T...
In this second series of exhortations to Christian duty as that is affected by the prospect of the end, Peter takes up again the case of persecution which he has touched on more than once already. The...
FOR THE TIME IS COME (οτ ο καιρος). No predicate, probably εστιν (is) to be supplied. The phrase that follows comes from the vision of Ezekiel (chapter 1 Peter 4:9). The construction is unusual with...
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....
THE TIME HAS COME. Those who think this passage teaches that in the Judgment, Christians will _just barely squeeze by,_ do not give full honor to _God's finished work in Christ!_ Christians are given...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:17 In the OT, HOUSEHOLD OF GOD (literally, “house of God”) refers to the temple. Now God’s people are his temple (see 1 Peter 2:4). “
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:12. STRANGE.—Do not be surprised, as if something unreasonable had happened. No form of suffering can come to Christians as accident. God, with a purpose of g...
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 Peter 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Ezekiel 9:6; Galatians 3:1; Galat
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS 1 Peter 4:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things about suffering for Christ which need to be emphasized. 1. CHRISTIANS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING. Asaph said, "I was...
The time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God — God first visits his church, and that both in justice and mercy. What shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel — How terribly will...
Observe here, 1. The apostle does not say, if judgment begin at the temple of idols, but, IF IT BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: God will not spare his house, nor his own household: he will not spare his ch...