But they. "Don't let these things disturb you. All these will have to answer to God for what they are doing! Christ will judge them as well as you!" In Jewish thought, living = God's people; dead = Gentiles. See 1 Peter 4:6.
Verse 1 Peter 4:5. _TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD._] They shall give account of these irregularities to Him who is prepared to judge both the Jews and the Gentiles. The _Gentiles_, previously to th...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT - That is, they shall not do this with impunity. They are guilty in this of a groat wrong and they must answer for it to God. THAT IS READY TO JUDGE - That is, “who is prepared...
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...
Since then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves with the same conviction, that he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
GIVE. render. As in Hebrews 13:17. ACCOUNT. App-121. IS READY. See Acts 21:13. JUDGE. App-122. QUICK. living. App-170. DEAD. App-139....
_who shall give account_ The phrase is one of the many echoes in this Epistle of our Lord's teaching (Luke 16:2). The thought of the Final Judgment from which there will be no appeal is made here, as...
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...
ΟἽ. For this abrupt and emphatic use of the relative, cf. Romans 3:8. ΔΊΔΟΝΑΙ or ἈΠΟΔΊΔΟΝΑΙ ΛΌΓΟΝ is used of rendering account in Matthew 12:36; Luke 16:2;...
ΆΠΟΔΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591) отплачивать, давать отчет, ΈΤΟΊΜΩΣ (G2093) _adv._ скоро, (в) готовности, ΈΧΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Dat._ здесь указывает на то...
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...
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. They who call you to account falsely shall have to give account of themselves for this evil-speaking (Jude 15), and be...
VERSE 5. WHO SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT. These unconverted ones who speak evil of us will be required to give an account, not only for the excesses in which they indulge, but also for the wrongs they do t...
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...
Peter’s readers knew that Jesus would return. They expected this to happen before they died. But many people had already died. It does not matter whether people are dead or alive when Jesus returns. T...
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...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT. — Perhaps said with a reference to 1 Peter 3:15, where these very persons call the Christians to give “account” (the Greek word is the same). The side-purpose of the clause (as...
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...
ἀποδώσουσιν λόγον, _will render account_ if of their blasphemy, _cf._ Matthew 12:36, if of their ἀσωτία (see note) _cf._ the steward of Luke 16:2. τῷ ἑτοίμως κρίνοντι, _i.e._, to Christ rather than to...
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...
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...
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...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM,.... "To God himself", as the Syriac version reads; of all their blasphemies, and hard speeches spoken by them against God, Christ, the Gospel, and good men, and receive...
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. Ver. 5. _Who shall give account_] Of their ungodly deeds and hard speeches, Judges 1:15. Angels did their first execution...
_For the time past of our life may suffice us_ Αρκετος ημιν, _is sufficient for us; to have wrought the will of the Gentiles_ The expression is soft, but conveys a very strong meaning, namely, that in...
WHO; these blasphemers. QUICK; living....
ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. Ceasing from sin:...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM THAT IS READY TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD....
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 4:5 ‘but they shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.'_ ‘BUT THEY' -Those who are spreading slander against Christians. _‘SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM'_ -(2 Co...
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...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM; of their evil speaking as well as of other sins, JUDGES 1:15; it is a metaphor taken from stewards giving account to their masters, MATTHEW 18:23 LUKE 16:2. THAT IS READ...
1 Peter 4:5 They G3739 give G591 (G5692) account G3056 is G2192 (G5723) ready G2093 judge G2919 ...
‘Who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.' Peter now gets to the heart of what the reason was, and no doubt this was part of the Christians' explanation for their be...
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...
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...
1 Peter 4:5. WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT; the same phrase as in Hebrews 13:17; Acts 19:40, and found on Christ's own lips, _e.g. Matthew 12:36_;...
WHO SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT (ο αποδωσουσιν λογον). Future active indicative of αποδιδωμ. For this use with λογον (account) see Matthew 12:36; Luke 16:2; Acts 19:40;...
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....
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 15:51; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42;...
That is ready [ε τ ο ι μ ω ς ε χ ο ν τ ι]. Lit, having himself in readiness; there at God's right hand in heaven, wither he has gone (ch. 3 22). Implying, also, a near judgment. Compare ver. 7....
Who shall give account — Of this, as well as all their other ways. To him who is ready — So faith represents him now....