1 PETER 5:10 u`ma/j {A} The Textus Receptus, following later Greek manuscripts, reads h`ma/j instead of u`ma/j, the latter of which is supported by the overwhelming preponderance of evidence. In late...
Verse 10. _BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE_] The Fountain of infinite compassion, mercy, and goodness. _Mohammed_ has conveyed this fine description of the Divine Being in the words with which he commences e...
BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE - The God who imparts all needful grace. It was proper in their anticipated trials to direct them to God, and to breathe forth in their behalf an earnest and affectionate pray...
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...
GRACE. App-184. Compare Acts 7:2. HATH. Omit. US. The texts read "you". ETERNAL. App-151. CHRIST JESUS. App-98. but the texts omit "Jesus". AFTER THAT YE HAVE. having. A WHILE-A LITTLE (TIME). Th...
_But the God of all grace_ Rather, as there is no implied contrast, " AND the God of all grace." The epithet, like "the God of all comfort," in 2 Corinthians 1:3, implies that God is the Author and Gi...
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...
ΠΆΣΗΣ ΧΆΡΙΤΟΣ. _The God of all grace or of every grace_. St Peter’s readers might be tempted to doubt God’s favour towards them because of their sufferings. He therefore assures them that the same lov...
ΚΑΛΈΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать. _Aor._ указывает на завершенное действие, ΠΑΘΌΝΤΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΆΣΧΩ (G3958) страдать. _Temp. part._, "после того, как вы пострадал...
DISCOURSE: 2415 GOD’S GOODNESS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER 1 Peter 5:10. _But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make...
BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE— That is, "The most merciful and gracious God." It is remarkable, that St. _Paul_ has usually given God a title, according to the subject whereof he is treating. If he was tre...
1 PETER 5:10-11 AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER THAT YE HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE SHALL HIMSELF PERFECT, ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN[31] YOU. TO HIM BE TH...
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Assurance that God will...
VERSE 10. BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE. He is the God of all grace, for he alone can bestow the grace the suffering of earth need. WHO HATH CALLED US UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY. God is the author and provi...
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...
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...
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...
All *grace comes from God. God wants Christians to take part in the *glory of Christ. The attacks of the devil will not last for ever. Christians will not suffer for ever, but the *glory of Christ wil...
WHO HATH CALLED US UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY. — The true reading is, _who called you,_ not “us.” The moment of the call was that when St. Paul and the others first preached there. (See 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Pe...
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...
Your adversary assails you, but God has called you to His eternal glory; first for a little you must suffer, His grace will supply all your needs. 1 Peter 5:9 is practically a parenthesis; ὁ θεός stan...
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...
(13) But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you]. (13) He seals up a...
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...
_STEPS TOWARDS PERFECTION_ ‘But the God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle yo...
10_But the God of all grace _After having sufficiently dwelt on admonitions, he now turns to prayer; for doctrine is in vain poured forth into the air, unless God works by his Spirit. And this example...
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...
BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE,.... Who has riches of grace, an immense plenty of it in himself, has treasured up a fulness of grace in his Son; is the author of all the blessings of grace, of electing, ado...
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle _you_. Ver. 10. _But the God o...
_The God of all grace_ Of all mercy, compassion, and free, unmerited goodness; and the source of all those influences of the Holy Spirit, by which alone true spiritual light and life, peace, purity, a...
PERFECT; complete in character. ESTABLISH; you in the hope and peace of the gospel. STRENGTHEN; you to resist temptations and bear all trials with patience. SETTLE; render you steadfast, immovable,...
BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO HATH CALLED US UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS, AFTER THAT YE HAVE SUFFERED A WHILE, MAKE YOU PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU....
Greetings and benediction:...
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 5:10 ‘And after you have suffered for. little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.'_ _‘SUFF...
10-14 In conclusion, the apostle prays to God for them, as the God of all grace. Perfect implies their progress towards perfection. Stablish imports the curing of our natural lightness and inconstanc...
BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE; i.e. the author and giver of all grace, from whom ye have received what you have, and expect what you want. WHO HATH CALLED US UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY; that eternal glory wher...
1 Peter 5:10 But G1161 God G2316 all G3956 grace G5485 who G3588 called G2564 (G5660) us G2248 to...
‘And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after that you have suffered a little while, will himself make whole, establish, strengthen you.' But Peter assures them that...
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 5:10. BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER THAT YE HAVE BUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, WILL HIMSELF PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN YOU. Several changes mus...
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...
THE GOD OF ALL GRACE (ο θεος της χαριτος). See 1 Peter 4:10 for ποικιλης χαριτος θεου (of the variegated grace of God).IN CHRIST (εν Χριστω). A Pauline phrase (2 Corinthians 5:17-19), but Petrine...
ALL GRACE Grace (imparted). (1 Peter 5:5); (1 Peter 5:10); (2 Peter 1:2); (Romans 6:1); ...
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...
BUT AFTER. "Compared to the joys of Eternity, the sufferings of this life are both _light_ and _brief!"_ Compare 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. WILL HIMSELF PERFECT YOU. Since this is after _suffering a littl...
_The God of all grace._ TRIPLE PERFECTION The Revised Version makes two changes of some importance in this passage. The word “settle” is removed to the margin. And the form of the whole passage is c...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 5:12. SILVANUS.—See Notes on Verses. 1 Peter 5:13. BABYLON.—Precisely, the sentence reads: “the co-elect one” [fem. sing.] “in Babylon.” This makes it the gree...
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 1:9; 1 John 2:25; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7;
Who hath called us [ο κ α λ ε σ α ς η μ α ς]. But the tense is the aorist, and the true reading is uJmav, you, instead of us. Render, therefore, as Rev., who called you; before the foundation of the w...
Now the God of all grace — By which alone the whole work is begun, continued, and finished in your soul. After ye have suffered a while — A very little while compared with eternity. Himself — Ye have...
Our apostle concludes and closes his epistle with an affectionate prayer for these afflicted Christians and suffering saints, beseeching Almighty God, who is the author of all grace, and who hath call...