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Verse 1 Peter 5:5. _LIKEWISE, YE YOUNGER_] νεωτεροι probably
means here _inferiors_, or those not in sacred offices; and may be
understood as referring to the _people_ at large who are called to
obey...
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LIKEWISE, YE YOUNGER - All younger persons of either sex.
SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO THE ELDER - That is, with the respect due to
their age, and to the offices which they sustain. There is here,
probably,...
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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)...
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The writer, himself a presbyter, gives wise and loving counsel to his
fellow-presbyters and to their flocks. Sincerity, humility, and love
are to mark all their intercourse, and continual subjection t...
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THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)...
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SUBMIT. As 1 Peter 2:13, &c.
UNTO. to.
BE SUBJECT... AND. submitting The texts omit.
ONE TO, &C. = to one another.
BE CLOTHED WITH. gird yourselves with. Greek. _enkomboomai._ Only
here.
HUMILITY...
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_Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder_ The question
meets us, whether the words refer to age only, or to office as
connected with age. In either case we have, of course, a perfectly...
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1 Peter 5:1 to 1 Peter 5:1 Let me then address a special word of
exhortation to those of you who are “elders” in the Church. I do
not wish to dictate to you as an Apostle, but to plead with you as on...
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ὉΜΟΊΩΣ; cf. 1 Peter 3:1. Such unassuming conduct on the part of
the presbyters demands a corresponding or reciprocal duty of
submission on the part of those who are under their authority.
ΝΕΏΤΕΡΟΙ. _Y...
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ΟΜΟΊΩΣ (G3668) _adv._ подобным образом.
ΝΕΏΤΕΡΟΙ _voc. pl. сотр. от_ ΝΕΌΣ (G3501)
новый, молодой; _сотр._ моложе. _Adj._ в
роли _subst._, "молодые люди"
ΎΠΟΤΆΓΗΤΕ _aor. imper. pass. (dep.) от_
ΥΠΟΤΆΣ...
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DISCOURSE: 2412
HUMILITY INCULCATED
1 Peter 5:5. _Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud,
and giveth grace to the humble_.
AS words are nothing more than sounds whereby to convey ideas...
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YE YOUNGER,— The word Νεωτεροι is used by our Saviour for
_inferiors,_ or those who were to be subject; Luke 22:25. It seems
here to mean the body of the people. See 1 Corinthians 16:15. Hebrews
13:17...
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VII. FINAL EXHORTATIONS TO BE SUBMISSIVE, HUMBLE, TRUSTFUL AND
WATCHFUL 1 PETER 5:5-11
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all
of you gird yourselves with humility, to s...
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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.
YE YOUN...
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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...
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5:5 grace. (c-31) See Proverbs 3:34 ....
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YE YOUNGER.. THE ELDER] in the early Christian communities their
actual age was a reason for the respect which the clergy received (1
Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 5:1; Philemon 1:9). Be subject one to anot...
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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...
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‘Younger people’ may mean those who are younger in age. Or it may
mean people who have not been Christians for very long. Remember that
God gives authority. Younger people should respect and obey thei...
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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...
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LIKEWISE, YE YOUNGER. — Self-submission has been, at least tacitly,
inculcated upon the pastors in 1 Peter 5:3; so the writer can say
“likewise” in turning to the rest. In comparison with the
presbyte...
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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...
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CHAPTER 17
BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY
1 Peter 5:5
HAVING admonished the shepherds, the Apostle now turns to the flock,
and his words recall the exhortations, which he has given several
times before. I...
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νεώτεροι, the younger members of each Church were perhaps more
or less formally banded together on the model of the σύνοδοι
τῶν νέων, which are mentioned in inscriptions as existing
distinct from the...
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SERVING ONE ANOTHER
1 Peter 5:1
According to these words Peter, though he stood at a distance, must
have been an eyewitness of the Savior's death. He is careful to speak
of the glory in the same brea...
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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...
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SUBMITTING TO GOD"Younger" and "elder" in 1 Peter 5:5 are plural. The
two words occurring so close together may well indicate Peter is
simply referring to age in both cases and is telling young men to...
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(8) Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all
[of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: (9)
for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble....
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_Ye young men, not only younger in age, but employed in offices
inferior to those of the bishops and priests, be subject to the
ancients. But even all of you by your carriage insinuate, practise,
and...
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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...
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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...
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_THE VIRTUE OF HUMILITY_
‘Be clothed with humility.’
1 Peter 5:5
As we consider the great virtue of humility, we must remember whence
it springs. It is just one of those virtues which seem to have...
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5_Likewise, ye younger _The word _elder _is put here in a sense
different from what it had before; for it is necessary, when a
contrast is made between them and the younger, that the two clauses
shoul...
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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...
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LIKEWISE YE YOUNGER,.... Not in office, as if inferior officers to
bishops were here intended, who ought to be subject to them; for
elders and pastors are the same with them, nor is there any other
of...
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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.
Ver. 5....
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_Likewise, ye younger_ Namely, in years, whether ministers or people;
_submit yourselves unto the elder_ To those who are more advanced in
years; give them all due respect, and be ready to take their...
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BE SUBJECT ONE TO ANOTHER; pay all due regard to each other's
feelings, and treat each other with kindness, courtesy, and respect.
RESISTETH THE PROUD; PROVERBS 3:34 _JAMES 4:6_...
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FINAL ADMONITIONS AND CONCLUDING GREETINGS.
An exhortation to pastors:...
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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.
Having refe...
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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...
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_1 Peter 5:5 ‘You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders;
and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another,
for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'...
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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...
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YE YOUNGER; either he means those that were inferior to the church
officers, and then he here prescribes the people their duty, as he had
done the ministers; or rather, those that were younger in year...
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1 Clement
Moreover, ye were all distinguished by humility, and were in no
respect puffed up with pride, but yielded obedience rather than
extorted it,[5]
1 Clement
all abominable lusts, detestable...
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1 Peter 5:5 Likewise G3668 people G3501 yourselves G5293 (G5649)
elders G4245 Yes G1161 all G3956 submissive G5293 ...
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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...
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‘In the same way, you younger ones, be subject to those who are
older. Yes, all of you, gird yourselves with humility, to serve one
another, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'...
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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...
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1 Peter 5:5. IN LIKE MANNER, YE YOUNGER, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO THE
ELDERS. The exhortation clearly is to the cherishing of a spirit of
deference on the part of one class to another. But the question is...
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We come now upon a brief series of injunctions, dealing with the
spirit in which the members of Christ's Church should occupy their
respective positions, and bear themselves toward each other. These
c...
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BE SUBJECT
(οποταγητε). Second aorist passive imperative of
υποτασσω.UNTO THE ELDER
(πρεσβυτεροις). Dative case. Here the antithesis between
younger and elder shows that the word refers to age, no...
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1 Peter 5:5
Humility and its Greatness.
I. Let us examine the source and ground of humility. This is drawn
from the knowledge of God. Hence, where the knowledge of God is
absent, the exercise of humi...
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1 Peter 5:5
Who was so fit to communicate this command to man as the once
self-confident, arrogant Peter? We can fancy, as he wrote the words,
how his mind would go back, with blushing memories, to ma...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IN THE SAME WAY. Greeks and Romans looked at _humility_ as being bad,
not good. But things are to be different in the messianic community!
As elders are to be motivated by a real desire to serve, so a...
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_Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves._
COUNSELS TO THE YOUNGER
I. Submission.
1. The younger are to submit to the elders. Are you young in years, or
in the experience of the Christian life? Be...
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THE RIGHT KIND OF CLOTHES
Be clothed with humility. 1 Peter 5:5 (AV).
We have spoken about the right kind of hands and feet and eyes and
ears and nose and tongue and memory and heart. Now, after we...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 5:5 YOU WHO ARE YOUNGER probably means
younger members of the congregation. They are more likely to resist
leadership. Peter cites Proverbs 3:34 (see...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 Peter 5:5. BE CLOTHED.—Lit. “gird yourselves.” Perhaps the
word refers to the frock, or apron, distinctive of slaves. Strictly,
the Greek word means, “tie yourselves...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 3:3; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Peter 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5; 2 Chronicles 6:41;...
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Be clothed with humility [τ η ν τ α π ε ι ν ο φ ρ ο σ υ
ν η ν ε γ κ ο μ β ω σ α σ θ ε]. The last word is a very
peculiar one, occurring only here. It is derived from kombov, a roll,
band, or girth : a...
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Ye younger, be subject to the elder — In years. And be all — Elder
or younger. Subject to each other — Let every one be ready, upon all
occasions, to give up his own will. Be clothed with humility — B...
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Having laid down the duties of pastors in the former verse, he points
out the duties of the people in this, whom he calls the YOUNGER,
either because they were generally younger in years than their
sp...