Let them that suffer according to the will of God — Both for a good cause, and in a right spirit. Commit to him their souls — (Whatever becomes of the body) as a sacred depositum. In well doing — Be this your care, to do and suffer well: He will take care of the rest. As unto a faithful Creator — In whose truth, love, and power, ye may safely trust.
Verse 1 Peter 4:19. _SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD_] A man suffers according to the will of God who suffers for righteousness' sake; and who, being reviled, reviles not again. _COMMIT THE KEEP...
WHEREFORE, LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD - That is, who endure the kind of sufferings that he, by his providence, shall appoint. Compare 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:15. COMMIT THE KEEP...
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...
THEM. Add "also". COMMIT THE KEEPING OF. Greek. _paratithemi._ See Acts 17:3. SOULS. App-110. WELL DOING. Greek. _agathopoiia._ Only here. Compare 1 Peter 2:14. AS. The texts omit. UNTO. to. FAI...
_Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God_ In the acceptance of sufferings as being according to the will of God, much more is meant than the mere submission to an inevitable destin...
ὭΣΤΕ. The view of suffering inculcated in the preceding verses enables Christians to glorify God for permitting them to suffer in Christ’s name, and they can do this with perfect trust because they ca...
ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) следовательно, итак. Это итог всего фрагмента (Веаге). ΚΑΊ (G2532) также. Это слово вводит новую идею: уверенность в божественной справедливости дает верующим полное спокойствие (Selwyn)...
DISCOURSE: 2411 ADVICE TO THE PERSECUTED OR TEMPTED 1 Peter 4:19. _Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithf...
ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD— That is "According to his permission, suffering as _Christians,_ not as _evil-doers:_ 1 Peter 4:15." The _soul,_ by a Hebraism, is often put for the whole man; but here i...
1 PETER 4:19 WHEREFORE LET THEM ALSO THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD COMMIT THEIR SOULS IN WELL-DOING UNTO A FAITHFUL CREATOR. _Expanded Translation_ And consequently (because these things...
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. Conclusion from 1 Peter 4:17. Since the godly know th...
VERSE 19. WHEREFORE, LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD. The conclusion is enforced with emphasis. Those that suffer for the cause of Christ, suffer for the truth, suffer for living as...
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...
Christians cannot always understand what God allows to happen. However, they must continue to trust him and to do what is right. God created the whole world and everything and everybody in it. So he h...
WHEREFORE. — Because the beginning of the judgment — the judgment of the Christians — is so light in comparison with the fearful end when it lights on the disobedient and wicked. LET THEM THAT SUFFER...
(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...
_So let even those who suffer in accordance with the will of God with a faithful Creator deposit their souls in well-doing_. The Christian must still follow the pattern. It is God's will that he share...
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...
(18) Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. (18) The conclusion: seeing the godly are not af...
REFLECTIONS Be faithful followers of Jesus! what can arm you for the fight, and holy warfare equal to constant, firm, unshaken views of Jesus, and his unequalled sufferings? And look forward to the su...
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...
_SUFFERING ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD_ ‘Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.’ 1 Peter 4:1...
19_Wherefore let them that suffer _He draws this conclusion, that persecutions ought to be submissively endured, for the condition of the godly in them is much happier than that of the unbelieving, wh...
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...
WHEREFORE LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD,.... This is the conclusion made from the foregoing premises; that seeing the state and condition of the saints in this world, at worst, and...
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls _to him_ in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. Ver. 19. _Commit the keeping_] As a precious depositu...
_Wherefore let them that suffer_ This temporary chastisement; _according to the will of God_ Namely, for a good cause, and in a right spirit; _commit the keeping of their souls to him_ Intrust themsel...
A FAITHFUL CREATOR; able and willing to sustain, comfort, and bless them under all trials, and in due time to save them with an everlasting salvation....
Suffering as Christians:...
WHEREFORE, LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD COMMIT THE KEEPING OF THEIR SOULS TO HIM IN WELL-DOING, AS UNTO A FAITHFUL CREATOR. Having shown what advantages the Christians enjoy in th...
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 4:19 ‘Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to. faithful Creator in doing what is right.'_ ‘SUFFERING ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD' -Suffering...
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...
LET THEM THAT SUFFER; viz. any manner of affliction or persecution for righteousness sake. ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD; according to that will of God, whereby he hath appointed them to suffer such th...
1 Peter 4:19 Therefore G5620 G2532 let G3908 suffer G3958 (G5723) according G2596 will G2307 God G2316 commit...
‘Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.' Believers suffer in order that they might be purified and cleansed. Thus th...
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 4:19. WHEREFORE LET THEM ALSO THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD COMMIT THEIR SOULS TO A FAITHFUL CREATOR IN WELL-DOING. The ‘wherefore' introduces this advice as an inference from what...
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...
WHEREFORE (ωστε). Picking up the thread of consolation again (Bigg).COMMIT THEIR SOULS (παρατιθεσθωσαν τας ψυχας). Present (continuous) middle imperative third plural of παρατιθημ, old word, a ban...
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....
SO THEN. "In punishing the Jews, God is just! Therefore, if we suffer as a Christian, because it is God's will for us, we should trust ourselves completely to God's care by living holy lives full of g...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:19 This verse summarizes the message of 1 Peter 1:1. ⇐...
_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 2:15; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Timothy 1:12; Acts 21:11
Commit [π α ρ α τ ι θ ε σ θ ω σ α ν]. Give in charge as a deposit. Compare Luke 12:48; Acts 20:32; 1 Timothy 1:18. The word is used by Christ in commending his soul to God ...
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...
Observe here, 1. cautionary direction given, that in all our sufferings we take care that we SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD: that is, for what is according to God's will, either to be believed or...