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1 PETER 4:14 do,xhj kai. to. tou/ qeou/ {A}
After do,xhj a considerable number of witnesses, some of them early,
read kai. duna,mewj. The words are suitable to the context, but their
absence in such...
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Verse 14. _IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST_] To be
reproached for the _name of Christ_ is to be reproached for being a
_Christian_, that is, for being _like Christ_. This is the highest
hon...
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IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, HAPPY ARE YE - That is, in
his cause, or on his account. See the notes at Matthew 5:11. The sense
of the word “happy” here is the same as “blessed” in Matth...
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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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If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed because
the presence of the glory and the Spirit of God rest upon you. But let
none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-do...
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REPROACHED. Greek. _oneidizo._ See Romans 15:3.
FOR. in. App-104.
HAPPY. See 1 Peter 3:14.
SPIRIT, &C. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). The glorious Spirit
of God. App-101.
UPON. App-104.
ON...
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_If ye be reproached for the name of Christ_ Literally, IN THE NAME OF
CHRIST. As in chap. 1 Peter 3:14, "If ye suffer for righteousness"
sake," we found an echo of one beatitude (Matthew 5:10), so in...
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ΕἸ ὈΝΕΙΔΊΖΕΣΘΕ ἘΝ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂,
cf. Psalms 89:50-51 “Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants
… wherewith they have reproached (ὠνείδισαν) the footsteps
of thine anointed” (τοῦ χριστοῦ σου),...
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ΌΝΕΙΔΊΖΕΣΘΕ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΌΝΕΙΔΊΖΩ
(G3679) злословить, оскорблять. Это слово
в Септ, обозначает оскорбление злыми
людьми Бога и Его святых, в НЗ оно
стало относиться к унижениям и
жестокостям...
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DISCOURSE: 2408
PERSECUTION FOR CHRIST’S SAKE
1 Peter 4:12. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
but rejoice, i...
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FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTETH UPON YOU:— The Venetian
reading is, _The Spirit of honour, and of glory, and divine power,
even the Spirit of God, resteth upon you._ The meaning seems to be...
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1 PETER 4:14-16 IF YE ARE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, BLESSED
ARE YE; BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD RESTETH UPON
YOU. FOR LET NONE OF YOU SUFFER AS A MURDERER, OR A THIEF, O...
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If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
FOR - `IN the na...
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VERSE 14. IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST.
If you suffer continually for being a Christian, that is, bearing the
name of Christ, happy are ye. Words spoken in reproach or bitter
ridicule. ...
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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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4:14 God (c-22) Or 'the Spirit of glory and of God.' There is a shade
of difference in this....
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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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IF YE BE REPROACHED] RV 'are reproached.' This part of their trial had
already come. Cp. Psalms 89:51. THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD] RV
'the _Spirit_ of glory and the Spirit of God,' double title of...
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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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God blesses Christians when people curse them. Peter calls the Holy
Spirit ‘the Spirit of *glory and of God’. All Christians have the
Holy Spirit in their lives. When Jesus returns, all Christians wil...
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IF YE BE REPROACHED. — The form of speech denotes that they _were_
so reproached.
FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST. — Literally, “_in_ the name of Christ,”
_i.e.,_ on the score of being Christians only. (Comp....
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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 14
THE BELIEVER'S DOUBLE JOY
1 Peter 4:12
AFTER the benediction in 1 Peter 4:11, we might have supposed that the
exhortations of the Apostle were ended. But he now proceeds to make
general a...
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The Beautitude, μακάριοι … ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν
ὑμᾶς ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ is supported by prophecy which
referred originally to the root of Jesse. Both are partially
paraphrased for sake of clearness. For ἐν ὀνόμα...
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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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(14) If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for
the (e) spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he
is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
(14) Se...
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Which is of the honour, glory, &c. He gives them the reason why they
must rejoice and look upon themselves happy to suffer for the name of
Christ, because to suffer for God's sake is glorious, is a ma...
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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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14_If ye be reproached _He mentions reproaches, because there is often
more bitterness in them than in the loss of goods, or in the torments
or agonies of the body; there is therefore nothing which is...
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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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IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST,.... For being called by
his name; for bearing the name of Christians; for believing in him,
and professing him; and for the sake of his Gospel, which is som...
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If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy _are ye_; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Ver. 14. _Happy...
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_If ye be reproached for Christ_ Reproaches and cruel mockings were
always one part of their sufferings, and to an ingenuous mind,
reproach is often worse than the spoiling of goods, or even than
bodi...
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FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST; literally, in the name of Christ; that is, as
those who bear his name. _ SEE NOTE ON "_ 1 Peter 4:16 _ "_
Resteth upon you; to sustain you in your sufferings and make you
vict...
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The Christians partakers of Christ's sufferings:...
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IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, HAPPY ARE YE; FOR THE
SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTETH UPON YOU; ON THEIR PART HE IS EVIL
SPOKEN OF, BUT ON YOUR PART HE IS GLORIFIED.
This section marks...
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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 4:14 ‘If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are
blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.'_
‘IF YOU ARE REVILED' -‘suffering abuse' (Wms); ‘denounced'
(Mof)....
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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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HAPPY ARE YE; viz. because of the Spirit's dwelling in you, which is
both the means and evidence of your happiness. THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND
OF GOD; i.e. the glorious Spirit of God, or that Spirit of G...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
inasmuch as she does indeed, in a new fashion, suffer persecution from
those who do not receive the word of God, while the self-same spirit
rests upon her[494]...
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1 Peter 4:14 If G1487 reproached G3679 (G5743) for G1722 name G3686
Christ G5547 blessed G3107 for G3754 Spirit...
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‘If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you;
because that which is of glory and the Spirit of God rests on you.'
For if it is for the name of Christ that they are misused and
reproa...
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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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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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1 Peter 4:14. IF YE ARE REPROACHED IN THE NAME OF CHRIST, BLESSED (ARE
YE). A reassertion, but with a more definite reference to sufferings
for _Christ's_ sake, of the blessedness already affirmed in...
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IF YE ARE REPROACHED
(ε ονειδιζεσθε). Condition of first class assumed as true
with ε and present passive indicative of ονειδιζω, for which
verb see James 1:5.FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST
(εν ονοματ Χρι...
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1 Peter 4:14
The Ennobling Power of the Gospel.
I. Externally these kings and priests, these bearers on their heads of
the Spirit of glory and of God, are invested with no dignities.
Strangers and sc...
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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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IF YOU ARE INSULTED. See Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:11-12 and notes. THIS
MEANS. "If you had the spirit from the Enemy of Christ, the world
would not insult you. The fact that they do insult you because y...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:14 To be INSULTED because one belongs to
Christ is to be BLESSED by God, BECAUSE in such times the SPIRIT OF
GLORY, the Holy Spi
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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 Kings 10:8; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 3:14;...
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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 ye are reproached for Christ — Reproaches and cruel mockings were
always one part of their sufferings. The Spirit of glory and of God
resteth upon you — The same Spirit which was upon Christ, Luke...
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Another argument is here offered by our apostle for glorifying in
sufferings and reproached for Christ, taken from the happiness of
those that are so reproached, IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF
CH...