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Verse 17. _AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER_] Seeing ye invoke the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and your Father through Christ, and profess
to be _obedient children_, and _sojourners_ here below for a...
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AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER - That is, if you are true Christians, or
truly pious - piety being represented in the Scriptures as calling on
God, or as the worship of God. Compare Acts 9:11; Genesis 4...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE SUFFERING OF BELIEVERS AND
EXHORTATIONS TO HOLY LIVING
CHAPTER 1:1-21
_ 1. The introduction and doxology (1 Peter 1:1)_
2. Suffering and the coming glory (1 Peter...
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Here the practical aim of the epistle becomes at the earliest possible
moment clearly manifest. The writer finds in the central reality of
the Christian faith the example, sacrifice, and resurrection...
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WITHOUT RESPECT, &C. Greek. _aprosopoleptos._ Only here.
JUDGETH. App-122.
EVERY MAN'S. each one's.
SOJOURNING. See Acts 13:17....
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_And if ye call on the Father_ Better, as the Greek noun has no
article, IF YE CALL UPON A FATHER, i.e. if you worship not an
arbitrary Judge, but one of whom Fatherhood is the essential
character. Th...
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INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOUNDED UPON THE BENEDICTION
1 Peter 1:13 to 1 Peter 2:10
13–25. 13 The new life of hope, faith and privilege to which you
have been begotten involves corresponding responsi...
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ΕἸ ΠΑΤΈΡΑ ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΙ͂ΣΘΕ. _If ye invoke as
Father_. ἐπικαλεῖσθαι in the middle does not mean merely
to call a person by a certain name or title, but to _invoke_ or
_appeal to for aid_. It is the word us...
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ΈΠΙΚΑΛΕΊΣΘΕ _praes. ind. med. от_ ΈΠΙΚΑΛΈΩ
(G1941) звать, призывать, взывать (Selwyn).
ΆΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΛΉΜΠΤΩΣ (G678) _adv._,
непристрастно, никого не отличая, не
имея любимчиков (Bigg),
ΚΡΊΝΟΝΤΑ _praes. ac...
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DISCOURSE: 2387
THE NECESSITY OF HOLY PEAR
1 Peter 1:17. _If ye call on the Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear...
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AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER,— _And since you invoke him as your
Father, who impartially judges every man according to his actions,
Live in a continual awe of him, while you sojourn here below;_ 1 Pet...
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_3. FEARING GOD 1:17_
1 Peter 1:17 And if ye call on Him as Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning in fear:
_Expanded Translati...
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here
in fear:
IF - i:e., 'seeing that ye call on;' for all the...
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VERSE 17 AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER.
The idea is, if God is called on as Father, which would follow as a
matter of course if we be his children, then we should pass the time
in fear. To call on the...
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1 Note the contrast between Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. Peter proceeds on the ground of His
present rejection on earth, Paul on His exaltation in heaven.
1...
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GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY TRINITY. ENCOURAGEMENT TO HOPE IN
FAITH AND OBEDIENCE
1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect
who are sojourners of the Dispersion in,' e...
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CALL ON THE FATHER] RV 'call on him as Father': cp. Jeremiah 3:19 and
Matthew 6:9, which is the fulfilment of the prophetic promise.
WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS] cp. Romans 2:10. and St. Peter's speech...
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MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
1 PETER
_HELEN POCOCK_
INTRODUCTION
THE WRITER
Peter wrote this letter. He was one of the 12 *apostles. His name was
Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42). ‘Pe...
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Christians can pray to God as their Father. But he does not deal with
other people in a different way. He does not judge people by what
their faces look like. Instead, God judges all people by his sta...
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(13-25) GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING. — This salvation being
so magnificent, the Asiatic Hebrews must cling to it tenaciously, in
holiness, in reverence caused by consideration of the cost of...
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AND IF. — The “if” casts no doubt, but, on the contrary, serves
to bring out the necessary logical connection between invoking the
Father — and such a Father — and fear. (See Note on 1
Thessalonians 4...
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CHAPTER 4
THE CHRISTIAN'S IDEAL, AND THE STEPS THEREUNTO
1 Peter 1:13
THE Apostle, who has set forth the character of the Christian's
election, who has given to the converts large assurance for the...
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_Practical admonitions_. In this section St. Peter is engrossed with
the conception of the Church as the new Israel which has been
delivered from idolatry the spiritual Egypt by a _far more excellent...
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1 Peter 1:17, _cf._ Romans 2:10 f., εἰ πατέρα
ἐπικαλεῖσθε, _if ye invoke as Father_ : reminiscence of
Jeremiah 3:19, εἰ πατέρα ἐπικαλεῖσθέ με (so Q
[147] perhaps after 1 Peter, for εἶπα πατέρα
καλέσετ...
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REDEEMED AND PURIFIED
1 Peter 1:13
The appeal for a holy life is enforced by considering the great cost
of our redemption and the great hope which is opened before us. Ours
must be the girded loins,...
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Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those
who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his
introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pet...
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STRIVING TO BE HOLY, LIKE GOD
Christians should try instead to conform to God, who is holy (Hebrews
12:14). The idea is set apart from sinfulness for God's service. This
is very similar to the Lord's...
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(10) And if ye (i) call on the Father, who without respect of persons
judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning [here] in fear:
(10) As before he distinguished true fait...
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here
in fear: (18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed w...
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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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_SOJOURNING IN FEAR_
‘Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.’
1 Peter 1:17
That seems to be a discouraging kind of exhortation to give, and it
contrasts very remarkably at first hearing wit...
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17_And if ye call on the Father _They are said here to call on God the
Father, who professed themselves to be his children, as Moses says,
that the name of Jacob was called on Ephraim and Manasseh, th...
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The First Epistle of Peter is addressed to believers among the
dispersed of Israel found in those provinces of Asia Minor Which are
named in the first Verse; the Second Epistle declares itself to be a...
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AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER,.... Of Christ, and of all the saints; or
"seeing" ye do. This is a fresh argument, engaging to holiness of life
and conversation. Invocation of God includes the whole wor...
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning _here_
in fear:
Ver. 17. _Of your sojourning_] παροικια _inchoatns...
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_And if ye call on the Father_ With an expectation of being heard; or,
as you desire or expect audience and acceptance at God's hands; _who,
without respect of persons_ Which can have no place with Go...
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IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER; or, if ye call upon him as Father.
IN FEAR; that fear of God which would lead them to obey him, and that
fear of sin which would lead them to avoid it....
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The reason for the holiness of Christians:...
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AND IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER, WHO WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS JUDGETH
ACCORDING TO EVERY MAN'S WORK, PASS THE TIME OF YOUR SOJOURNING HERE
IN FEAR,...
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Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the
dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among
Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives),...
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_ 1 Peter 1:17 ‘And if you address as Father the One who impartially
judges according to each man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during
the time of your stay upon earth;'_
‘AND IF YOU ADDRESS' -‘I...
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17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a
Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him
dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit...
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AND IF; this particle is used here, and frequently elsewhere, not as a
note of doubting, but by way of assertion, and supposition of a thing
known. YE CALL ON THE FATHER; either this is to be meant of...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III
Knowing, then, the duty of each, "pass the time of your sojourning
here in fear: for as much as ye know that ye were not deemed with
corruptible things,...
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1 Peter 1:17 And G2532 if G1487 on G1941 (G5731) Father G3962 who
G3588 partiality G678 judges G2919 ...
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RECOGNISING WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM THEY SHOULD LIVE THEIR LIVES
WITH GREATEST CARE (1 PETER 1:17).
The emphasis on obedience continues, and now it is linked with God's
remedy through the blood of...
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‘And if you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons
judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning
in great and reverent awe,'
The stress in the verse is on ‘Fathe...
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1 Peter 1:17. AND IF YE CALL ON HIM AS FATHER, WHO WITHOUT RESPECT OF
PERSONA JUDGETH ACCORDING TO EACH MAN'S WORK. The A. V. misses the
point by failing to notice that there are two distinct predicat...
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The exhortation to a walk in holiness is followed immediately by an
exhortation to a walk in godly fear. The way in which this section is
connected with the preceding shows that the latter charge is g...
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IF YE CALL
(ε επικαλεισθε). Condition of first class and present
middle indicative of επικαλεω, to call a name on, to name
(Acts 10:18).AS FATHER
(πατερα). Predicate accusative in apposition with...
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1 Peter 1:17
Fear of Judgment to Come and of Redemption Accomplished.
Note:
I. The sphere and operation of Christian fear. There are some to whom
the importance attached to fear in this place and el...
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1 Peter 1:17
We collect from the language of the New Testament that fear formed a
greater part of the state of mind in which the first disciples of
Christ lived than it does now. Persons are described...
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1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,_
It must have been very pleasant to his heart to write those words, not
«Peter, who denied his Master,» not Peter, «full of imperfections
and infirmit...
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1 Peter 1:13. _Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and
hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;_
This is Peter's practical appli...
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1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through...
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1 Peter 1:17. _And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear:_
Not in unbelieving fear, but in that...
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1 Peter 1:1. _Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ._ These are his
credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. _To the
strangers scattered_ abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have spo...
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YOU CALL HIM FATHER. Compare Jeremiah 3:19. "You worship the God of
the Universe, and you call-him Father! He judges men by the same
standard, whether they are Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, free or
sl...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:13 The inheritance promised to followers
of Christ should motivate them to set their hope entirely on their
future reward (vv. 1 Peter 1:13) and to live in fear of the God wh
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:17 WHO JUDGES IMPARTIALLY may refer only
to the final judgment, when believers will be judged according to
their DEEDS (compare...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 Peter 1:17. THE FATHER.—Better, “a Father.” God apprehended as
Father through our apprehension of the Sonship of Christ. _Plumptre_
reminds us that “the sequel shows...
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EXPOSITIONS
1 PETER 1:1
PETER. It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself
had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit
of prophecy (John 1:42); and again...
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Tonight let's turn to First Peter chapter one. Of the many disciples
that were following Jesus, He chose twelve to be apostles. One of the
twelve that was chosen as an apostle was Simon Peter. Simon P...
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1 Chronicles 29:15; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Corinthians
1:2;...
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If ye call on the Father - judgeth. More correctly, Rev., If ye call
on him as Father; the point being that God is to be invoked, not only
as Father, but as Judge.
Without respect of persons [α π ρ ο...
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STRENGTHENING THE BRETHREN
1 Peter 1:10
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction we wish to emphasize the concluding message of
our last sermon. 1 Peter 1:7 tells us of the trial of faith. It is
de...
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THE BOOK OF BOOKS
1 Peter 1:10
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is said on one occasion, when Sir Walter Scott was sick, he called
his son requesting him to bring him THE book. His son said, "Your
library is...
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Who judgeth according to every man's work — According to the tenor
of his life and conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning —
Your short abode on earth. In humble, loving fear — The proper
compa...