Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
1 Peter 4:11
The means and the measure of a man's duty is the ability which God gives him; and all that he requires is, that what he gives should be used according to his will.
The means and the measure of a man's duty is the ability which God gives him; and all that he requires is, that what he gives should be used according to his will.
Verse 11. _IF ANY MAN SPEAK_] In order to explain or enforce God's word, and edify his neighbour, let him do it as those did to whom the _living oracles_ were committed: they spoke as they were inspi...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK - As a preacher, referring here particularly to the office of the ministry. LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD - As the oracles of God speak; to wit, in accordance with the truth whi...
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...
The conception that the _consummation of_ all things is at hand fills the thought of the section with urgency. All work is to be done in that spirit of earnest, prayerful readiness that all life may p...
THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN (1 Peter 4:1-5)...
IF. App-118. ANY MAN. App-123. SPEAK. App-121. AS. i.e. in harmony with, according. ORACLES. See Acts 7:38. ABILITY. App-172. GIVETH. See 2 Corinthians 9:10. Compare...
_If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God_ The words cover the gifts of tongues, prophecy, teaching, knowledge, counsel, in St Paul's fuller classification (Romans 12:6-8; Romans 1 Corint...
Having urged the necessity of terminating the regime of sin, St Peter next gives a summary of what life according to God in the Spirit should be. It is a life of sober-mindedness, of watchful prayer,...
ΕἼ ΤΙΣ ΛΑΛΕΙ͂. In classical Greek λαλεῖν has generally a disparaging sense _to chatter_ but in the N.T. it means _to talk_, to utter one’s thoughts, and is frequently used of God. Where it is contrast...
ΛΑΛΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. Ind. в _conj._ 1 типа, предполагающем реальность условия, ΛΌΓΟΝ (G3051) изречение, пророчество. Это слово иногда означает "Писание" а в классическо...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK, &C.— St. Peter having, in the preceding verse, spoken of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, which were distributed among the Christians in great diversity,—and recommended it to everyone t...
1 PETER 4:10-11 ACCORDING AS EACH HATH RECEIVED A GIFT, MINISTERING IT AMONG YOURSELVES, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD; IF ANY MAN SPEAKETH, SPEAKING AS IT WERE ORACLES OF GOD; IF ANY...
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be...
VERSE 11. IF ANY MAN SPEAK, LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD. Where one speaks in matters pertaining to Christian doctrine or duty, he must do so with the utmost fidelity to God's word. This he is...
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...
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...
_LET HIM SPEAK_ AS THE ORACLES OF GOD] RV '_speaking_ as it were oracles of God,' i.e. God's solemn utterances, such as the prophets used to introduce by 'thus saith the Lord.' God's oracles had alway...
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...
God has made everyone able to do something. This is your ‘gift’. Often God gives people more than one gift. There are various gifts. The *Greek word for ‘various’ means ‘of many colours’. Together, Go...
(7-11) DUTY OF BENEVOLENCE WITHIN THE CHURCH IN VIEW OF THE ADVENT. — The end of the world is not far off; let it find you not only sober, but (above all else) exerting an intense charity within the C...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK. — St. Peter proceeds to speak of two particular forms taken by this “manifold grace of God;” (1) the power to speak; (2) the power to minister. The speaking is, of course, public pre...
CHAPTER 13 CHRISTIAN SERVICE FOR GOD'S GLORY 1 Peter 4:7 "BUT the end of all things is at hand." Well-nigh two thousand years have passed away since the Apostle wrote these words. What are we to thi...
follows the primitive division of ministry into that of the word and that of tables (Acts 6:2-4); compare _prophecy_ and ministry (in narrower sense like διακονεῖ here) of Romans 12:6. λαλεῖ covers al...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST 1 Peter 4:1 The Apostle urges the disciples to make a clean break with sin. As our Lord's grave lay between Him and His earlier life, so there should be a clean break between o...
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...
SERVING TO GLORIFY GOD From considering some who had heard the gospel and already died, Peter went immediately into the nearness of the end of all things. Peter may well have been specifically thinkin...
(10) If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to...
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; (2) That he no longer should live t...
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...
_THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘The end of all things is at hand … watch unto prayer.… Have fervent charity.… Use hospitality.… Speak as the oracles of God … that God in all things may be glorified.’ 1...
11_If any man speak _As he had spoken of the right and faithful use of gifts, he specifies two things as examples, and he has chosen those which are the most _excellent _or the most renowned. The offi...
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...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK, LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD,.... This is an application of the above general rule to a particular case, the public ministry of the word, for that is here meant: "if any man s...
If any man speak, _let him speak_ as the oracles of God; if any man minister, _let him do it_ as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom...
_As every man hath received the gift_ Or, _a gift_, spiritual or temporal, ordinary or extraordinary, (although the latter seems primarily intended,) _so minister the same one to another_ Employ that...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK, LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD; IF ANY MAN MINISTER, LET HIM DO IT AS OF THE ABILITY WHICH GOD GIVETH; THAT GOD IN ALL THINGS MAY BE GLORIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE P...
Christian virtues and works:...
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...
_ 1 Peter 4:11 ‘Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified throug...
7-11 The destruction of the Jewish church and nation, foretold by our Saviour, was very near. And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which these words naturally lead our minds...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK; viz. authoritatively, and by way of office, as a public teacher in the church; though this may be accommodated to private Christians in their charitative instructions of others, yet...
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity of God."[101]...
1 Peter 4:11 anyone G1536 speaks G2980 (G5719) as G5613 oracles G3051 God G2316 anyone G1536 ministers G1247 ...
‘That in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.' For Peter's final concern is that in all things, in both our words and our...
‘According as each has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; if any man speaks, as it were oracles of God; if any man ministers, as of the st...
IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMING JUDGMENT AND RESURRECTION THEY ARE TO LIVE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY (1 PETER 4:7). In view of the urgency of the times therefore they are to live out their Christian lives ac...
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...
The thought of Christ's readiness to judge both quick and dead leads naturally to that of the close of the world. Peter passes thus to a new series of counsels bearing on what befits men who see the J...
1 Peter 4:11. IF ANY MAN SPEAKETH, AS ORACLES OF GOD. The words cover all the various gifts of speech, prophesying, teaching, exhorting, etc., which were known in the Church, whether official or non-o...
IF ANY MAN SPEAKETH (ε τις λαλε). Condition of first class, assumed as a fact.SPEAKING AS IT WERE ORACLES OF GOD (ως λογια θεου). No predicate in this conclusion of the condition. For λογια θεου s...
1 Peter 4:11 God's Scholars. Consider: I. Our labours of the understanding. May I say, "If any man read, let him read as if his book were God's work," or as if he were God's scholar? We cannot make...
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...
1 Peter 4:1. _Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin:_ Brethren, we have a...
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...
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....
WHOEVER PREACHES. "He must preach it as a message from God, of whom he is a servant (1 Corinthians 3:5 and note)." WHOEVER SERVES. Compare Acts 6:2-4 and notes. "The one who serves must view this as s...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 4:11 WHOEVER SPEAKS... WHOEVER SERVES. Peter divides spiritual gifts generally into speaking and serving gifts (for more detailed lists, see Romans 12:6
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 4:7. END OF ALL THINGS.—Jews naturally thought of the end of organised Judaism as the “end of all things,” The end of one great _æon_, or dispensation was nigh...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 3:10;...
Oracles [λ ο γ ι α]. In classical Greek, of the oracular responses of heathen deities. Here, divine utterances or revelations. Compare Acts 7:38; Romans 3:2; Hebrews 5:12. Giveth [χ ο ρ η γ ε ι]. Only...
If any man speak, let him — In his whole conversation, public and private. Speak as the oracles of God — Let all his words be according to this pattern, both as to matter and manner, more especially i...
IF ANY MAN SPEAK, that is, 1. As. public minister or teacher, let him speak as he is instructed from the oracles of God. Or, 2. If he speaks as. private Christian, let his discourses be grave and seri...