Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Peter 3:12
The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous — For good. Anger appears in the whole face; love, chiefly in the eyes.
The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous — For good. Anger appears in the whole face; love, chiefly in the eyes.
Verse 12. _THE EYES OF THE LORD_ ARE _OVER THE RIGHTEOUS_] That is, He is continually under God's notice and his care; God continually watches _for_ him and watches _over_ him, and he is _under_ his c...
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS - That is, he is their Protector. His eyes are indeed on all people, but the language here is that which describes continual guardianship and care. AND...
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...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
Finally, you must all be of one mind; you must have sympathy with each other and you must live in brotherly love; you must be compassionate and humble; you must not return evil for evil, nor insult fo...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
LORD. App-98. RIGHTEOUS. App-191. PRAYERS. App-134. AGAINST. App-104. The reference in verses: 1 Peter 3:10 is to Psalms 34:12....
_For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous_ It may be noted that the "for" is added by the Apostle to emphasize the sequence of thought. There is no conjunction either in the Hebrew or the LXX....
_For he that will love life_ The three verses are from the LXX. version of Psalms 34:12-16. It is characteristic of St Peter that he thus quotes from the Old Testament without any formula of citation....
ἘΠῚ ΔΙΚΑΊΟΥΣ … ἘΠῚ ΠΟΙΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ ΚΑΚΆ. The preposition (ἐπί) is the same in both cases, but in one case God’s eyes look down in love and in the other in wrath, cf. Exodus 14:24....
B. SOCIAL DUTIES. 1 Peter 2:13 to 1 Peter 3:12 13 This warfare against heathen principles of living does not mean the subversion of the necessary bonds of society. Rather it deepens and intensifies...
From Psalms 34; (12–16) quoted in 1 Peter 2:3 “Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.” It is a Psalm of confident trust in God’s protection of the righteous in spite of their constant afflictions. I...
ΟΦΘΑΛΜΌΣ (G3788) глаз, ΏΤ _пот. pl. от_ ΟΥΣ (G3775) ухо. ΔΈΗΣΙΣ (G1162) просьба, молитва, ΠΟΙΟΎΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. _Praes._ подчеркивает постоянное делание. Subst. part...
DISCOURSE: 2400 GOD’S DISPOSITION TOWARDS THE RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED 1 Peter 3:12. _The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is ag...
IS AGAINST THEM— _Upon_ or _over them;_ as it is said in the first clause; Επι, _upon,_ or _over the righteous._...
_6. TOWARD REVILERS 3:9-12_ but contrariwise blessing _Eulogeo_ (eu, meaning good, well, plus _logos,_ word, discourse): to speak well of. Hence in the New Testament, to bless, ascribe praise or glo...
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. FOR ... Ground of the promised life of blessedness...
VERSE 12. FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS. The idea here advanced is, that God cares for his children without ceasing. His regard for them is great. His ears are open unto their prayer...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
3:12 evil. (a-28) See Psalms 34:12-16 ....
OVER.. AGAINST] RV 'upon.. upon.' God's aspect is the same to each, it is man who turns 'grace' into 'wrath': cp. Exodus 14:24. _C_ (I) 1 PETER 3:13;, deals chiefly with faith, (ii) 1 PETER 4:1 with c...
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
To ‘enjoy life and have good days’ does not mean that Christians can live without troubles in their lives. It means that God will care for them, if they live the right way. They should be careful what...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
FOR. — Or, _Because._ In the Psalm there is no such connecting particle, but it is involved in the juxtaposition. The sense that the Lord’s eyes are over you is a sufficient reason for self-restraint...
CHAPTER 10 THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED 1 Peter 3:8 THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces generally such qualities and conduct as must mark all who fear the Lord. "Finally,...
1 Peter 3:10-12 = Psalms 34:12-17 a. introduced by mere γάρ as familiar. The lips of Christians who wish to love life must be free from cursing and from guile as were Christ's (_cf._ Isa. _apud_ ii. 2...
πρόσωπον Κυρίου, _Jehovah's face, i.e., wrath_ (Targum, _the face of Jehovah was angry_) as the following clause, _to cut off the remembrance of them_ … shows; _cf._ Lamentations 4:16; Psalms 21:9. Bu...
CHRISTIAN FAMILY-LIFE 1 Peter 3:1 In the previous chapter the Apostle had been urging the poor slaves of wealthy householders to submit quietly to wrongs, leaving God to vindicate. Here he turns to t...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
GOD'S WATCHFUL CARE FOR HIS CHILDREN Next, Peter quoted Psalms 34:12-16 in an effort to encourage his readers to follow the admonitions of verses 8-9. Those who would have a productive life on earth a...
For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the (i) face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil. (i) This word "face" after the manner of th...
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
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...
12_For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, _or, _on the righteous_. It ought to be a consolation to us, sufficient to mitigate all evils, that we are looked upon by the Lord, so that he will...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS,.... Who are so not merely in the sight of men, but of God; nor in their own account, and by their own works, but in the esteem of God, through the impu...
For the eyes of the Lord _are_ over the righteous, and his ears _are open_ unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord _is_ against them that do evil. Ver. 12. _For the eyes of the Lord_] Should not...
_He that will love life_ That would make life amiable and desirable; _and see good days_ Namely, such as are prosperous and happy; _let him refrain his tongue from evil_ From railing, back-biting, tal...
OVER THE RIGHTEOUS; for their protection and benefit. AGAINST THEM; he disapproves and will punish them....
Quoted from Psalms 34:12-16....
EXHORTATIONS TO CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL, BASED ON CHRIST'S WORK OF REDEMPTION AND HIS STATE OF EXALTATION. True brotherly love:...
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN UNTO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THEM THAT DO EVIL. Here the apostle in a few sentences indicates what the...
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
AGAINST: _ Gr._ upon...
_ 1 Peter 3:12 ‘For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.'_ ‘EYES OF THE LORD UPON THE RIGHTEOUS' -‘U...
8-13 Though Christians cannot always be exactly of the same mind, yet they should have compassion one of another, and love as brethren. If any man desires to live comfortably on earth, or to possess...
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN UNTO THEIR PRAYERS; God watcheth over them, looks favourably on them, and hears their prayers: see PSALMS 34:15. This he lays dow...
1 Peter 3:12 For G3754 eyes G3788 LORD G2962 on G1909 righteous G1342 And G2532 His G846 ears G3775 to...
‘For, “He who would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile, And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, a...
ALL ARE TO BEHAVE AS THOSE WHO ARE OBEDIENT WITH REGARD TO EACH OTHER (1 PETER 3:8). After briefly recalling admonitions he has already given (1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 2:22) Peter now sums up and expands...
1 Peter 3:12. BECAUSE THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS UNTO THEIR SUPPLICATION. This blameless, patient, beneficent, and peaceable manner of life, which has been recommended a...
The injunctions on the subject of the blamelessness of conduct by which Christians should be distinguished in their political, civil, and domestic relations, are now succeeded by a train of exhortatio...
UPON (επ). In the case of righteous (δικαιους, in the O.T. sense like δικαιον Λοτ in 2 Peter 2:7) for their good, but in the case of men "that do evil" (επ ποιουντας κακα, "upon men doing evil thin...
RIGHTEOUS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Worldl...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
FOR THE LORD. "When you actively make a habit of doing good, you keep yourself in God's fellowship! He watches over you and hears your prayers!" BUT HE TURNS. "If you do evil, he will turn away from y...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:10 Peter draws on Psalms 34:12 (see note on 1 Pet. 2:3). To LOVE LIFE and s
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:8. OF ONE MIND.—One aim and purpose. This is possible when all seek the honour of Christ; impossible when each seeks his own honour. LOVE AS BRETHREN.—Or “lov...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 7:15; Deuteronomy 11:12; Ezekiel 15:7;...