Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Peter 5:9
Be the more steadfast, as ye know the same kind of afflictions are accomplished in — That is, suffered by, your brethren, till the measure allotted them is filled up.
Be the more steadfast, as ye know the same kind of afflictions are accomplished in — That is, suffered by, your brethren, till the measure allotted them is filled up.
Verse 9. _WHOM RESIST_] Stand against him, αντιστητε. Though _invulnerable_, he is not _unconquerable_: the weakest follower of God can confound and overpower him, if he continue _steadfast in the_ _f...
WHOM RESIST - See the notes at James 4:7. You are in no instance to yield to him, but are in all forms to stand up and oppose him. Feeble in yourselves, you are to confide in the arm of God. No matter...
V. EXHORTATIONS CONCERNING SERVICE AND CONFLICT CHAPTER 5 _ 1. As to Christian service (1 Peter 5:1)_ 2. Conflict and victory (1 Peter 5:8) 3. The conclusion (1 Peter 5:12)...
Further counsels to watchfulness, and to sympathy, closing with a renewed promise of God's reward, and a short doxology. 1 PETER 5:8. SEEKING WHOM: the rendering seeking someone to devour, founded o...
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)...
So, then, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that in his good time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxiety upon him because he cares for you. Be sober; be watchful. Your adversary the devi...
STEDFAST. Greek. _stereos._ See 2 Timothy 2:19. FAITH. App-150. KNOWING. App-132. AFFLICTIONS. Same as "sufferings", 1 Peter 5:1. ACCOMPLISHED. App-125. BRETHREN. brotherhood. See...
_whom resist stedfast in the faith_ The word for "resist" is the same as that used in the parallel passage of James 4:7. "Faith" is probably used in its subjective rather than its objective sense, for...
6 The way therefore to attain true greatness, to be exalted in God’s good time, is to humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, submitting patiently to whatever trials He sends you; 7 casting...
ὯΙ�, _whom withstand_, cf. James 4:7 and Ephesians 4:11; Ephesians 4:13. ΣΤΕΡΕΟΊ. The adjective means _firm, solid, compact_, so in...
DISCOURSE: 2414 THE MEANS OF DEFEATING SATAN’S MALICE 1 Peter 5:8. _Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist...
WHOM RESIST, STEDFAST IN THE FAITH,— See Ephesians 4:27; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 6:24 and James 4:7. The word επιτελεισθαι, rendered accompl
1 PETER 5:8-9 BE SOBER, BE WATCHFUL: YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, AS A ROARING LION, WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR; WHOM WITHSTAND STEDFAST IN YOUR FAITH, KNOWING THAT THE SAME SUFFERINGS ARE...
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. - (; Ephesians 6:11; .) STEDFAST - (cf....
VERSE 9. WHOM RESIST, STEADFAST IN THE FAITH. When the devil is resisted he flees away. Oppose him, therefore, and be steadfast; that is, firm and unshaken in your faith. KNOWING THAT THE SAME AFFLI...
5 The apron was apart of a slave's uniform which distinguished him as a slave and which he put on when he went to work. Humility serves (Joh_13:1-16) and service tests humility. 7 The writer was loath...
5:9 resist, (d-2) Or 'be humbled,' aorist; also 'vigilant,' 'watch,' and 'resist' refer to characters to be won. see Note g, ver. 2. faith, (e-5) Or 'the faith.' It might be 'through faith.'...
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS AND TO FLOCK. PROMISE OF GOD'S PROTECTION. FAREWELLS _B_. 1 Peter 5:1. 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and ruled, do...
Christians cannot be lazy when they have given their worries to God. The devil always looks for people to attack. Christians must be ready for action. ‘The devil is your enemy’ because he opposes Chri...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 ELDERS AND YOUNG MEN v1 So, I want to encourage the elders among you. I also am an elder. I actually saw Christ when he suffered. When he...
WHOM RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH. — The expression is somewhat more picturesque in the Greek than in the English. “Stand and face him,” instead of running away from posts of duty (1 Peter 5:2), or ly...
V. (1-11) FURTHER EXHORTATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE CRISIS. — The officers of the community are not to flinch from the duties imposed upon them, nor yet to perform them in any spirit of self-assertion. T...
CHAPTER 18 THROUGH PERILS TO VICTORY 1 Peter 5:8 NOT only had these Asian Christians to suffer from the opposition and calumnies of the heathen and from the estrangement of former friends: there wer...
ᾧ ἀντίστητε. St. James adds the same exhortation to his quotation of Prov. The connexion is not obvious but is perhaps due to the traditional exposition of לץ = ὑπερηφάνοις as referring to the Devil a...
RESISTING THE DEVIL 1 Peter 5:8 We hear of the adversary in Zechariah 3:1. The enemy of Christ desires to hurt the Shepherd by injuring His flock. The hunger of a lion for his prey is an emblem of th...
Finally, the apostle proceeded to strengthen his brethren for conflict. The first matter dealt with was the general orderliness of the Church. He enjoined the elders that they care for the flock. Thei...
BEING WATCHFUL AND STANDING FIRM Even though Christ's followers can cast their worries upon God, they cannot go to sleep on the job and fail to be watchful for themselves. They must maintain a calm, t...
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, (12) knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your (c) brethren that are in the world. (12) The persecutions which Satan stirs up, are neither new nor...
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (6) Humble...
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 PERSONALITY OF EVIL_ ‘Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith.’ 1 Peter 5:8 ‘You...
9_Whom resist _As the power of an enemy ought to stimulate us and make us more careful, so there would be danger lest our hearts failed through immoderate fear, except the hope of victory were given u...
The apostle returns to christian details. He exhorts the elders, himself an elder; for it appears that among the Jews this title was rather characteristic than official. (Compare 1 Peter 5:5.) He exho...
WHOM RESIST,.... By no means give way to him, by indulging any sin, or yielding to any temptation, but oppose him, and stand against his wiles, his cunning and his power: STEADFAST IN THE FAITH; both...
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Ver. 9. _Stedfast in the faith_] Gr. στερεοι, stiff, solid, settled. _ T...
_Be sober_ See on 1 Thessalonians 5:6. Keep your appetites and passions under proper restraint and government, or _awake_, as υηψανε also signifies; namely, to a deep sense of the certainty and import...
RESIST; by refusing to comply with temptations to evil, and persevering in that which is good. YOUR BRETHREN; other Christians are suffering in the same way with yourselves. Though the devil is subtl...
Humility and vigilance enjoined:...
WHOM RESIST STEADFAST IN THE FAITH, KNOWING THAT THE SAME AFFLICTIONS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR BRETHREN THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. The lesson which the apostle opened in the first paragraph he here conclu...
Consistently with Peter's subject of governmental order, he now address elders in v.1, and those younger in v.5. Proper balance in this relationship is always deeply important, for on either side fric...
_ 1 Peter 5:9 ‘But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.'_ ‘BUT RESIST HIM' -resist, oppose. 1. T...
5-9 Humility preserves peace and order in all Christian churches and societies; pride disturbs them. Where God gives grace to be humble, he will give wisdom, faith, and holiness. To be humble, and su...
WHOM RESIST; by not yielding to his temptations, EPHESIANS 4:27, and by employing your spiritual armour against him, EPHESIANS 6:11, &c.: see JAMES 4:7. STEDFAST IN THE FAITH; either: 1. Hold
1 Peter 5:9 Resist G436 (G5628) him G3739 steadfast G4731 faith G4102 knowing G1492 (G5761) same G846 sufferings...
‘Whom withstand steadfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers who are in the world.' Resisting the Devil is a concept also found in Ephesians 6:11; James...
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WHOLE CHURCH (1 PETER 5:5). Having spoken to the under-shepherds Peter now speaks to the sheep. In the light of the coming onslaught on the flock they are to walk in readin...
THE GRAND FINALE (1 PETER 5:1). As Peter comes to the close of his letter the thought of suffering followed by glory continues: · In 1 Peter 3:18 He had spoken of the sufferings of Christ which had...
1 Peter 5:9. WHOM RESIST, STEDFAST IN THE FAITH. The ‘stedfast' means _stable_ or _firm._ It is translated ‘sure' in 2 Timothy 2:19, and ‘strong' in Hebrews 5:12;...
The grace of humility closed the foregoing series of counsels. It appeared there as the safeguard against a lordly spirit on the side of those in office in the Church, and a spirit of insubordination...
WHOM WITHSTAND (ω αντιστητε). Imperative second aorist active (intransitive) of ανθιστημ; same form in James 4:7, which see. Dative case of relative (ω). For the imperative in a subordinate clause s...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
1 Peter 5:1. _The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:_ Here again, as in the...
CONTENTS: Christian service in view of Christ's soon coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter, Satan, Silvanus, Marcus. CONCLUSION: Humility is a great preserver of peace and order in the church, givin...
1 Peter 5:1. _Who am also an elder._ See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue...
AND RESIST HIM. "Resist the Devil (James 4:7) by being firm in your faith and he will run away from you!" BECAUSE YOU KNOW. "As you well know, all your fellow believers are going through the same thin...
_Be sober, be vigilant._ THE ADVANTAGES OF MODERATION IN THE ENJOYMENT OF SENSUAL PLEASURE Christianity in its precepts and commands, as well as in its doctrines, is precisely suited to our nature a...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 5:9 RESIST HIM. Christians need not fear the devil. The Lord has given them power to stand against him by being FIRM IN YOUR FAITH (compare...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 5:8. THE DEVIL.—Thought of under the figure of a wild beast that, at any moment, may put the flock in peril. Those who fall into sin are often surprised at the...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 5:1 THE ELDERS WHICH ARE AMONG YOU I EXHORT. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefo...
Now the elders [the overseers] which are among you I exhort, because I am also an elder [or an overseer, an older man], and I am a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and I'm also a partaker of the g...
1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:14; 1
Resist [α ν τ ι σ τ η τ ε]. The Rev., very judiciously, substitutes withstand; resist having been already used in ver. 5 for ajntitassetai. Withstand is, moreover, the more accurate rendering; as the...
As if the apostle had said, "Resist Satan's temptations, occasioned by your sufferings, remembering that it is not your case alone, but others also suffer with you, even all that will live godly in Ch...