For to this end was the gospel preached — Ever since it was given to Adam. To them that are now dead — In their several generations. That they might be judged — That though they were judged. In the flesh according to the manner of men — With rash, unrighteous judgment. They might live according to the will and word of God, in the Spirit; the soul renewed after his image.
Verse 6. _WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD_] This is a most difficult verse; the best translations I have seen of it are the following: - "For this indeed was _the effect_ of the pr...
FOR, FOR THIS CAUSE - The expression, “For, for this cause,” refers to an end to be reached, or an object to be gained, or a reason why anything referred to is done. The end or reason why the thing re...
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...
Our voluntary suffering in the way of righteousness denotes our fellowship with Christ, and our breaking with sin. Let there be therefore no return, on the part of converts, to the evil life of pagani...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
FOR THIS CAUSE. unto (App-104.) this (end). WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED. App-121. ALSO, &C.. to the dead also. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ THEY MIGHT. though they might. The particle _men,_ ma...
_For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead_ The thought that Christ was ready to judge the great company of the dead, as well as those who were living when the Gospel was p...
ΕἸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓΆΡ. εἰς τοῦτο does not refer to what precedes, viz. that the Gospel was preached to the dead in order that they might fairly be included in the judgment. That idea may perhaps be suggested...
1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS 1 Peter 3:17 to...
ΝΕΚΡΟΪ́Σ _dat. pl._ (G3498), _см._ 1 Peter 4:5 "мертвым". Здесь могут иметься в виду те, кто мертв духовно, но лучше воспринять это как обозначение тех, кто принял евангелие и потом умер (Stibbs). Ε...
FOR, FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED, &C.— "For this is the end for which the gospel was preached to those believers, who are now _the dead in Christ_ (1 Thessalonians 4:16.), as well as to tho...
1 PETER 4:5-6 WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM THAT IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. FOR UNTO THIS END WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED, EVEN TO THE DEAD, THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGED INDEED ACCORDING TO M...
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. FOR - reason for , "judge t...
VERSE 6. FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM. The gospel was preached to them that were dead in Peter's day, because all men are to be judged, and thus no partiality shown. There is no res...
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...
This V. refers back to 1 Peter 3:19. The dead are the same persons in each place. Judgment does not mean punishment, but separation, and man, by choosing His side, cooperates with God's judgment. This...
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...
In the beginning, God created Adam. Adam *sinned. God judged Adam’s *sin and punished Adam with death (Genesis Chapter s 2-3). All people die because of Adam’s *sin (Romans 5:12). But Jesus came to th...
FOR FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD. — This version is misleading, and seems indeed to be one of those rare cases where the original has been expanded by the translat...
CHAPTER 12 THE LESSONS OF SUFFERING 1 Peter 4:1 IT is always hard to swim against the stream; and if the effort be a moral one, the difficulty is not lessened. These early Christians were finding it...
The judgment is imminent because all necessary preliminaries have been accomplished. There is no ground for the objection “perhaps the culprits have not heard the Gospel”. As regards the living, there...
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...
"Licentiousness" describes uncontrolled desires, such as, gluttony and sensual passions. "Lusts" is a word describing desire for things forbidden. "Drunkenness" and wild drinking parties, or "revelrie...
(4) For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (4) A digression because he mad...
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...
6_For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, _or, _He has been evangelized to the dead_. We see in what sense he takes the former passage in the third chapter, even that death...
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, FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO,.... Not for what goes before, because Christ was ready to judge quick and dead; and because wicked men must give an account to him, and therefore the...
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Ver. 6. _For for this cause_]...
1 Pet. 4:6. "For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, and live according to God in the spirit; that is, that they mig...
_For for this cause_ Or to this end; _was the gospel preached_ Ever since it was intimated to Adam, in the promise made to him after the fall, _that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's h...
PREACHED-TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD; preached to them when they were living. If, with many commentators, we understand these difficult words of those who have been persecuted, especially those who have suf...
FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD, THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO MEN IN THE FLESH, BUT LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD IN THE SPIRIT. The apostle here resumes the though...
ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. Ceasing from sin:...
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 4:6 ‘For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.'...
1-6 The strongest and best arguments against sin, are taken from the sufferings of Christ. He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully submitted to the worst sufferings, yet he never gave way to...
TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD; either: 1. Spiritually dead, i.e. dead in sin, viz. then when the gospel was preached to them; or: 2. Naturally dead, viz. when the apostle wrote this Epistle. The verb _are_ n...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "For in this also was it preached to them that are dead, that they might be raised again."[299]...
1 Peter 4:6 For G1063 reason G1519 G5124 preached G2097 (G5681) also G2532 dead G3498 that G2443 judged...
‘For to this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.' His reference to the judgment of th...
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...
CHRIST'S SUFFERING IN THE FLESH SHOULD ARM THEM FOR THE BATTLE AHEAD WITH ONE EYE ON THE COMING JUDGMENT AND ON THE RESURRECTION (1 PETER 4:1). Peter tells us that by being made one with Christ in His...
1 Peter 4:6. FOR TO THIS END WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO TO THE DEAD, IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGED INDEED ACCORDING TO MEN AS REGARDS THE FLESH, BUT LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD AS REGARDS THE SPIRIT....
This paragraph brings to an end the series of counsels which began with chap. 1 Peter 2:11, and have dealt with what is essential to a becoming ‘conversation among the Gentiles.' Christian duty in rel...
WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED (ευηγγελισθη). First aorist passive indicative of ευαγγελιζω. Impersonal use.EVEN TO THE DEAD (κα νεκροις). Does Peter here mean preached to men after they are dead or to m...
THAT ARE DEAD That is, it was preached to them that are now dead....
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...
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...
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....
THAT IS WHY. "To encourage you to suffer death for Christ, know that is why the Good News was preached also to the Gentiles dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1), to make them know Christ; to those who had been...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:6 THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED EVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAD. Some think that Peter offers a chance to accept Christ after death for those who rejected him while they were alive. Thi...
THE CALL TO HOLY LIVING _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:1. IN THE FLESH.—Or to the flesh; _i.e_., so far as the flesh is concerned. The same sphere IN which Christian disciples were called...
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 11:31; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Peter 3:19; 1 Peter 4:1;...
Is the Gospel preached to people after they die? PROBLEM: Peter says that “the Gospel was preached also to those who are dead.” This appears to claim that people have a chance to be saved after they...
BY THE DEAD here, some understand the Gentile world, dead in trespasses and sins, to whom the gospel was preached when they were thus spiritually dead and buried in sensuality, that they might judge a...