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Verse 18. _AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED_] If it shall be
with _extreme difficulty_ that the _Christians_ shall escape from
Jerusalem, when the Roman armies shall come against it with the fu...
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AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED - If they are saved with
difficulty. The word used here (μόλις molis) occurs in the
following places: Acts 14:18, “scarce restrained they the people;”
Acts 27:7...
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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...
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The section repeats ideas that have already appeared (1 Peter 2:18; 1
Peter 3:13), only they are emphasized by the imminence (1 Peter 4:17)
of severe trial....
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THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
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For the time has come for judgment to begin from the household of God.
And, if it begins from us, what will be the end of those who disobey
the good news which comes from God? And, if the righteous ma...
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RIGHTEOUS. App-191.
SCARCELY. See Acts 14:18.
UNGODLY. Greek. _asebes._ Compare App-128.
APPEAR. App-106. Compare Proverbs 11:31 (Septuagint)...
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_And if the righteous scarcely be saved_ Once more we have a passage
from the Old Testament (Proverbs 11:31) without any formula of
quotation. In this instance the Apostle quotes from the LXX. version...
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ΕἸ Ὁ ΔΊΚΑΙΟΣ ΜΌΛΙΣ ΣΏΖΕΤΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. The
quotation is taken from the LXX. of Proverbs 11:31 where the Hebrew is
“Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; how much
more the wicked and the s...
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ΜΌΛΙΣ (G3433) с трудом, едва. Эти слова
выражают не сомнение в спасении
христиан, но подчеркивают, как велики
усилия Бога по спасению их (Best),
ΣΏΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΣΏΖΩ (G4982)
спасать,...
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DISCOURSE: 2410
THE DIFFICULTY OF SALVATION
1 Peter 4:18. _If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the
ungodly and the sinner appear?_
EARNESTNESS in the concerns of religion is often thought...
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AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS, &C.— St. Peter having, in the preceding verse,
compared the case of the Christians with that of the unbelieving Jews,
he intimated that the approaching calamities were only to _b...
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1 PETER 4:17-18 FOR THE TIME IS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE
HOUSE OF GOD: AND IF IT BEGIN FIRST AT US, WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF
THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD? AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS IS SCAR...
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And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear?
SCARCELY (cf. , end) - having to pass through trying chastisements,
as David did for sin. "The righteous" man...
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VERSE 18. AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED.
I can not think the apostle here intimates any difficulty in the
salvation of the righteous, for in his second Epistle he states
plainly that the entr...
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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...
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4:18 saved, (f-7) Saved here on the earth, as through the trials and
judgments which specially beset the Jewish Christians....
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Cp. Proverbs 11:31....
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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...
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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...
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‘Judgement’ is the act of judging. God will judge people by his
standards of what is right and wrong. Then he will reward or punish
each person. It is not easy to live a Christian life. God wants
Chri...
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AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED. — This is a literal
quotation, word for word, of Proverbs 11:31, according to the LXX. The
quotation proves to us St. Peter’s perfect familiarity with both the...
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(12-19) EXHORTATION TO COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS IN PERSECUTION. —
All ought to be prepared for persecution. It is a blessed and glorious
thing to have to bear it. A criminal’s death and a Christian
m...
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CHAPTER 15
THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE JUDGMENT HERE
1 Peter 4:15
THE Apostle now goes one step farther in his exhortations. The
brethren are suffering for Christ's cause, and may draw comfort from
Christ's...
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To the summary excerpt from Ezekiel Peter appends the Septuagint
version of Proverbs 11:31, which is followed by the Syriac and
partially by the Targum: The original according to the Masoretic text
is...
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SUFFERING AS A CHRISTIAN
1 Peter 4:12
We are called upon to share our Savior's sufferings-not those of His
substitution, but His daily self-denial, the hatred of men, the
anguish of His soul over the...
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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...
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GLORIFYING GOD IN SUFFERING
Trials are a part of the Christian's life and should not surprise him
(John 15:18-20; 2 Timothy 3:12). Woods says of the "fiery trial," "the
figure here used is that of gol...
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_Scarcely. That is, not without much labour and difficulty.
(Challoner)_...
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Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (13) But
rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; tha...
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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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When the faithful see that it is well with the wicked, they are
necessarily tempted to be envious; and this is a very dangerous trial;
for present happiness is what all desire. Hence the Spirit of God...
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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...
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AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED,.... Reference is had to
Proverbs 11:31 where in the Septuagint version are the same words as
here: the "righteous" are such, not who are so in their own opinion...
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And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear?
Ver. 18. _Scarcely be saved_] Hard and scarce; not at all from
outward miseries (whereof he is sure to have his...
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_And if the righteous scarcely be saved_ Escape with the utmost
difficulty. So the word μολις, rendered _scarcely_, signifies.
That is, If it be not without much difficulty that the Christians are
sec...
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SCARCELY BE SAVED; saved with difficulty, through many trials.
WHERE SHALL THE UNGODLY-APPEAR? how certain and awful will be their
destruction. The words are quoted from the Greek version of Proverbs...
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Suffering as Christians:...
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AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED, WHERE SHALL THE UNGODLY AND
SINNER APPEAR?...
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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...
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_1 Peter 4:18 ‘And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is
saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?'_
‘AND IF IT IS…' -‘This verse has the same theme, but expressed
this time...
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12-19 By patience and fortitude in suffering, by dependence on the
promises of God, and keeping to the word the Holy Spirit hath
revealed, the Holy Spirit is glorified; but by the contempt and
reproa...
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SCARCELY BE SAVED; with much labour and difficulty, through many
tribulations, ACTS 14:22, as going in the narrow way, and entering in
at the strait gate, MATTHEW 7:13,14. THE UNGODLY AND THE SINNER;...
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1 Peter 4:18 Now G2532 If G1487 one G1342 scarcely G3433 saved G4982
(G5743) Where G4226 will G5316 ungodly...
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‘And if the righteous is scarcely saved (‘be saved with
difficulty'), where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?'
This is a citation of Proverbs 11:31 LXX. The saving of the righteous
is no easy task....
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PERSECUTION IS A NECESSARY RESULT OF THEIR BEING UNITED WITH CHRIST IN
HIS SUFFERINGS FOR IT IS THE FIRST STAGE IN THE JUDGMENT THAT IS
COMING ON ALL (1 PETER 4:12).
Peter still has his eye firmly fix...
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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...
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1 Peter 4:18. AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS WITH DIFFICULTY IS SAVED, THE
UNGODLY AND SINNER, WHERE SHALL HE APPEAR? These words are taken from
the Greek translation of Proverbs 11:31. As they stand in the Heb...
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In this second series of exhortations to Christian duty as that is
affected by the prospect of the end, Peter takes up again the case of
persecution which he has touched on more than once already. The...
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RIGHTEOUS
Righteousness.
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _
SAVED
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _
SINNER
SIN
( See Scofield) - ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Peter paraphrases Proverbs 11:31 and Ezekiel
9:8-11. "The time has come for judgment to be poured out on the Jewish
nation for their crimes, and it must begin with you Jewish Ch...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:17 In the OT, HOUSEHOLD OF GOD (literally,
“house of God”) refers to the temple. Now God’s people are his
temple (see 1 Peter 2:4). “
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 Peter 4:12. STRANGE.—Do not be surprised, as if something
unreasonable had happened. No form of suffering can come to Christians
as accident. God, with a purpose of g...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 P
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS
1 Peter 4:12
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are several things about suffering for Christ which need to be
emphasized.
1. CHRISTIANS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING. Asaph said, "I was...
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If the righteous scarcely be saved — Escape with the utmost
difficulty. Where shall the ungodly — The man who knows not God. And
the open sinner appear — In that day of vengeance. The salvation
here p...
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As if he had said, " When the day of visitation comes, which is verily
at hand, and God shall begin to punish the Jews, his own people,
called his HOUSE in the foregoing verse; if then the righteous a...