1 PETER 3:15 to.n Cristo,n {A} In place of Cristo,n the Textus Receptus substitutes qeo,n, with the later uncials (K L P) and most minuscules. The reading Cristo,n, however, is strongly supported by...
Verse 15. _BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS_] To sanctify God may signify to offer him the _praises_ due to his grace, but as to _sanctify_ literally signifies to _make holy_, it is impossibl...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS - In Isaiah Isaiah 8:13 this is, “sanctify the Lord of hosts himself;” that is, in that connection, regard him as your Protector, and be afraid of him, and not...
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...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
a Who will hurt you, if you are ardent lovers of goodness? Even if you do have to suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. Have no fear of them; do not be troubled; but in your hearts gi...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
SANCTIFY. i.e. separate. Give Him His right place. THE LORD GOD. The texts read "the Christ as Lord". There is no art. before Lord, which shows that it is the predicate. Compare Romans 10:9; Philippia...
_but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts_ The better MSS. give THE LORD CHRIST. The original text was probably altered by transcribers to bring it into conformity with the LXX. text of Isaiah. To "sa...
Such is God’s prescribed method for those who desire to see good days. 13 If only you zealously devote yourselves to what is good my injunction not to requite evil with evil will be almost unnecessar...
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...
ἉΓΙΆΣΑΤΕ. The verb is occasionally applied to God in the LXX. _e.g._ of Moses and Aaron failing to sanctify Him in the eyes of the people. (Deuteronomy 32:51.) In Isaiah it was perhaps selected becaus...
ΑΓΙΆΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΓΙΆΖΩ (G37) освящать; почитать и обожать Его, еледовательно, оставить страх перед людьми (Веаге). ΈΤΟΙΜΟΣ (G2092) готовый, подготовленный, ΆΕ (G104) всегда, ΆΠΟΛΟΓΊΑ...
DISCOURSE: 2402 THE CHRISTIAN READY TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS HOPE 1 Peter 3:15. _Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and...
DISCOURSE: 2401 THE PERSECUTED ENCOURAGED 1 Peter 3:13. _And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD— Grotius thinks that to _sanctify God_ means here, _to give thanks to,_ or _glorify him;_ that is, in a time of persecution; or as some of the martyrs gave thanks to God when...
V. SUFFERING AND THE GLORIES TO FOLLOW 3:134:19 _1. Proper Conduct When Suffering For Righteousness 3:13-17_ 1 Peter 3:13-14 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?...
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: SANCTIFY - honour as holy,...
VERSE 15. BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS. You sanctify God when you fear him more than men. You show by your obedience to him that you love him, and rely upon and trust him, and thus you sa...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
3:15 hearts, (c-9) See Isaiah 8:12-13 . of (d-28) Or 'a reason for,' _ logos_ , as ch. 4.5; it includes both ideas. In Matthew 12:36 it is 'account,' but in Acts 19:40 'a reason for,' as elsewhere....
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS] RV 'sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord': cp. Isaiah 8:12....
Christ is *Lord of all circumstances. He has all authority. The people who do bad things to Christians are not in control. Christians should always trust Christ. Other people will notice this. They ma...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS. — The tense of this and the two preceding imperatives shows that St. Peter meant this for advice to be acted _upon_ at the moment of being called on to suffer...
CHAPTER 10 THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED 1 Peter 3:8 THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces generally such qualities and conduct as must mark all who fear the Lord. "Finally,...
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE 1 Peter 3:13 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the Apostle h...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
SUFFERING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG REASONS Where the New King James puts "followers of what is good, the A.S.V. puts "if ye be zealous of that which is good." More than just a follower, this individual is...
But (l) sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: (16) and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (l) Give him all...
_Always ready to satisfy, [1] &c. St. Peter would have every Christian, according to his circumstances and capacity, ready to give general reasons of his faith and hope of salvation, both to infidels...
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
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...
_REASONS FOR FAITH_ ‘Being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you.’ 1 Peter 3:15 (R.V.) St. Peter reminds the early Christians how impo...
_THE LORD AND THE HEART_ ‘Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.’ 1 Peter 3:15 In the days of Isaiah, the people of Israel were in imminent peril among many foes, and the prophet would have them to...
Though this is a new precept, it yet depends on what is gone before, for he requires such constancy in the faithful, as boldly to give a reason for their faith to their adversaries. And this is a part...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS,.... Still referring to Isaiah 8:13 not by making him holy, which need not, nor cannot be, he being essentially, infinitely, and perfectly holy; but by declari...
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and _be_ ready always to _give_ an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Ver. 15. _Sanctify the Lor...
_But if you_ should _suffer_ If any should be so wicked as to endeavour to harm you when you are doing good; if your heathen rulers, or any others, should persecute you for righteousness' sake; that i...
SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD; treat him as God, trust in him to protect you and do for you what you need. TO GIVE AN ANSWER; state the reasons why you believe the gospel, and hope to be saved by it....
The Christians as followers and defenders of good:...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS; AND BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR;...
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
FEAR: Or, reverence...
_ 1 Peter 3:15 ‘but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make. defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reveren...
14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS; exalt him in your hearts, and give him the honour of all his glorious perfections, power, wisdom, goodness, faithfulness, &c., by believing them, and dependin...
Origen Against Celsus Book III that is in you."[111] Origen Against Celsus Book VII and have learnt "to be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason for the hope that is i...
1 Peter 3:15 But G1161 sanctify G37 (G5657) Lord G2962 God G2316 in G1722 your G5216 hearts G2588 and...
‘But sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord, being ready always to give answer to every man who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear,' So they are rather to...
1 Peter 3:15. BUT SANCTIFY CHRIST AS LORD IN YOUR HEARTS. The A. V., following Tyndale, Cranmer, and the Genevan, adopts the reading of the _Textus Receptus,_ viz. ‘the Lord God.' The Vulgate, Wycliff...
The injunctions on the subject of the blamelessness of conduct by which Christians should be distinguished in their political, civil, and domestic relations, are now succeeded by a train of exhortatio...
SANCTIFY (αγιασατε). First aorist active imperative of αγιαζω. This instead of being afraid.CHRIST AS LORD (κυριον τον Χριστον). Τον Χριστον, direct object with article and κυριον predicate accus...
1 Peter 3:15 I. It is the simplest of truisms that God can receive no increase of holiness, least of all from those who must beg Him to forgive their sins; but to sanctify Him, or to hallow His name,...
1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Worldl...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
BUT HAVE REVERENCE. Peter expects persecution to intensify, and wants Christians to prepare themselves for it. If a Christian is to stand firm, he must have reverence for Christ in his heart and he is...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other names, His fear as the only fear which...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 3:2; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Samuel 12:7;...
Sanctify the Lord God. The A. V. follows the Tex. Rec., reading ton Qeon, God, instead of ton Criston, Christ, which is the reading of the best texts. The article with Christ shows that kurion, Lord,...
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts — Have an holy fear, and a full trust in his wise providence. The hope — Of eternal life. With meekness — For anger would hurt your cause as well as your soul....
Why does Peter command believers to reason about their faith when the Bible says elsewhere to simply believe? PROBLEM: Over and over again the Scriptures insist that one should simply believe in God ...
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS;-- This phrase in scripture imports, 1. firm belief of God's Almighty power, that he can protect from sufferings; and. full affiance in his goodness and provid...