1 Peter 4:17, 1 Peter 4:4-5 NASB

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

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?Hardly any verses in the New Testament have been misunderstood any more than have this one and the next. Does Peter, for one moment, mean to say that Christians shall hardly be saved at all? Certainly not! Did not he himself say, "An abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom shall be richly supplied to us" (2 Peter 2:11 KJV)? Well, what is... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

1 Peter 4:17. For the time is come, &c.— 'Ο καιρος, the time; the signal time prophesied of, Matthew 24:9; Matthew 24:21-22.Mark 13:12-13; Mark 13:12-13. By το κριμα, judgment, seems here to be meant the particular distress which was to happen before Jerusalem should be utterly destroyed.—The Christians were to expect to feel some of the first effects of that general calamity: it was to begin with them, as our Saviour had plainly prophesied in the text already referred to. It was God's way... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

17. Another ground of consolation to Christians. All must pass under the judgment of God; God's own household first, their chastisement being here, for which they should glorify Him as a proof of their membership in His family, and a pledge of their escape from the end of those whom the last judgment shall find disobedient to the Gospel. the time—Greek, "season," "fit time." judgment must begin at the house of God—the Church of living believers. Peter has in mind Ezekiel 9:6; compare Amos 3:2;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:12-19

A. The Fiery Trial 4:12-19Peter reminded his readers of how sufferings fit into God’s purposes to encourage them to persevere with the proper attitude (cf. James 1)."The section which began at iii. 13 is here concluded in a passage which recapitulates much that has been said-on persecution, on Christ’s sufferings, on Christian duty, on the imminence of the End and of divine Judgment-and which reflects the intensity of the author’s eschatological faith." [Note: Selwyn, p. 220.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:15-19

2. Suffering as Christians 4:15-19 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:17

In this verse and the next Peter gave two encouragements in suffering by comparing our suffering as believers with the suffering that unbelievers will experience. This verse focuses on the time of these two experiences of suffering. Our suffering is now, but theirs will be when they stand before God in judgment. Our judgment by unbelievers now is lighter than their judgment by God will be later. Our sufferings are part of the opening scene in the last act of God’s redemptive drama. More severe... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 4:17

4:17 us, (d-20) See Ezekiel 9:6 . obey (e-29) Or 'believe not.' See ch. 2.7,8 and 3.20. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

The Security of the Faithful in the Approaching JudgmentC (ii). 1 Peter 4:1-6. ’This is your faith: live then in accordance with it. Arm yourselves against your troubles by resolving to be like Christ in suffering. Suffering gives rest from sin, and the results of what you have already endured should be a life henceforth in accordance with God’s will. You have lived the heathen life long enough in the past to have learnt its wretchedness. The heathen are surprised now at your estrangement from... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:12-19

(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 martyrdom are the exact opposites of each other. Vengeance is speedily coming. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:17

(17) For the time is come.—The “for” (literally, because) seems to substantiate the whole of the former part of the section, from 1 Peter 4:12 onwards, but with special reference to the injunction to glorify God on the ground of bearing the name of Christians, upon which it follows in much the same way as “for the spirit of glory” followed upon “if ye be reproached . . . happy are ye.” The judgment is just about to begin, and all those who bear the name of Christians may well be thankful that... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:12-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:15-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:17

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 4:17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:12-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:17

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