1 Peter 5:11 ‘To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.'
‘To Him' -i.e. to the God Who will strengthen them. This is the God Who is on their side!
‘be dominion' -‘force, strength, might, manifested power' (Vine p. 332). ‘His is the power' (Wey) God's power has already been seen in calling us out of darkness and into Christ, we can have assurance that the victory is ours.
1 PETER 5:11 to. kra,toj {B} The variation of position of h` do,xa (before kra,toj in a K P 049 056 0142 88 104 181 326 330 _al_; after kra,toj in 33 81 614 630 945 1241 1505 1739 1881 _al_), as well...
Verse 11. _TO HIM_] The God of all grace, _be glory_ - all honour and praise be ascribed, and _dominion_ - the government of heaven, earth, and hell, _for ever_ - through time, _and ever_ - through et...
TO HIM BE GLORY ... - See the notes at 1 Peter 4:11....
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...
GLORY AND. The texts omit. DOMINION. App-172. FOR EVER, &C. App-151. a....
_To him be glory and dominion_ The doxology is repeated in identical terms from chap. 1 Peter 4:11. Here, as there, it comes as the natural sequel to the thought of what God is and what He has done fo...
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...
ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι here refers to God whereas in 1 Peter 4:11 the doxology was probably addressed to Christ. Probably ἐστίν not ἔστω should be understood, as ἐστίν is found in 1 Peter 4:11 but no verb is express...
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...
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...
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. TO HIM - alone: not to ourselves. Compare "Himself," note, 1 Peter 5:10. GLORY AND. So 'Aleph ('); omitted in A B, Vulgate. DOMINION, [ to...
VERSE 11. TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN. Another doxology. To him, that is, God, the glory is ascribed and dominion forever, for none else in the universe has the right to cont...
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...
TO HIM TOE GLORY. — “The Apostle,” says Leighton, “having added prayer to his doctrine, adds here, you see, praise to his prayer.” This is the true consolation in trouble, to extol the power of God. I...
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...
Liturgical formula, adapted in 1 Peter 4:11 (ἐστιν), which occurs in 1 Timothy 6:16; Jude 1:25; Revelation 1:6;...
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...
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...
11_To him be glory _That he might add more confidence to the godly, he breaks out into thanksgiving. Though this be read in the indicative as well as in the optative mood, still the meaning is nearly...
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...
TO HIM BE GLORY, AND DOMINION, FOR EVER AND EVER, AMEN. The Syriac version begins this doxology in the preceding verse, reading the words thus, "to the God of grace", and then putting what follows, "w...
To him _be_ glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 11. _To him be glory, &c._] _Non loquendum de Deo sine lumine, _ said the heathen; we may not mention God but with praise to his name, say...
TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN....
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...
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...
TO HIM; to God. BE GLORY AND DOMINION; see 1 PETER 4:11. The verb _be_ in the text is not in the Greek, and so it may be read with a supply of a verb either of the imperative mood, and then it is a do...
1 Peter 5:11 Him G846 glory G1391 and G2532 dominion G2904 forever G1519 G165 ever G165 Amen G281...
‘To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.' And the certainty of this promise is guaranteed by God's eternal dominion (1 Peter 3:22; 1 Peter 4:11; Psalms 22:28;...
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...
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...
1 Peter 5:11. TO HIM BE (OR, IS) THE DOMINION UNTO THE AGES. AMEN. A doxology similar to that in chap. 1 Peter 4:11, but briefer. The longer version of the A. V. is not sustained by sufficient evidenc...
TO HIM (αυτω). To God (dative case). Note κρατος in the doxology as in 1 Timothy 6:16 and briefer than the doxology in 1 Peter 4:11, to Christ....
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...
TO HIM! Peter's doxology. _MacKnight_ sees in this the fact that the Devil has no power in the Universe, or ability to tempt men, except as God permits!...
_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 Peter 4:11; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:13...