(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 faith and hope from false, so does he now obedience, setting the quick and sharp sight of God, against an outward mask, and earnest reverence against vain severity.
(i) If you will be called the sons of that father.
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...
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...
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...
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...
WITHOUT RESPECT, &C. Greek. _aprosopoleptos._ Only here. JUDGETH. App-122. EVERY MAN'S. each one's. SOJOURNING. See Acts 13:17....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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,...
The reason for the holiness of Christians:...
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),...
_ 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...
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...
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...
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,...
1 Peter 1:17 And G2532 if G1487 on G1941 (G5731) Father G3962 who G3588 partiality G678 judges G2919 ...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:15; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Corinthians 1:2;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER; that is, If ye call God your Father, and call upon him by worshipping and owning of him, who without any respect of persons, or any regard had to nations, Jew or Gentile, jud...