1 Peter 4:5 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 4:3-5

1 Peter 4:3-5 . For the time past of our life may suffice us Αρκετος ημιν , is sufficient for us; to have wrought the will of the Gentiles The expression is soft, but conveys a very strong meaning, namely, that in no period of our lives ought we to have wrought the will of the Gentiles; and that whatever time we spent in so doing was too much. When we walked in lasciviousness In various kinds and degrees of it; lusts Inordinate desires; excess of wine Οινοφλυγιαις , being inflamed... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-11

Changed lives of Christ’s followers (4:1-11)Christ’s death dealt with sin once and for all. In that sense he has nothing more to do with sin. Christians are united with Christ in his death, and therefore they too should have nothing more to do with sin. They should live no longer to please themselves but to please God (4:1-2). Christians must have no more involvement with the disgusting practices of their former days, no matter how much their reformed behaviour brings jeers and insults from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 4:5

give = render. As in Hebrews 13:17 . account . App-121 . is ready . See Acts 21:13 . judge . App-122 . quick = living. App-170 . dead . App-139 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:5

who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.Bold and uninhibited sinners, arrogantly indulging to excess in every form of wickedness, and speaking evil of those who will not join in their orgies, shall give an account of their deeds. God will judge the living and the dead.Living and the dead ... From the inception of Christianity, this appears to have been somewhat of a stereotyped way of speaking of the final judgment. Peter himself used it at the home of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:5

5. They who now call you to account falsely, shall have to give account themselves for this very evil-speaking (Judges 1:15), and be condemned justly. ready—very speedily (1 Peter 4:7; 2 Peter 3:10). Christ's coming is to the believer always near. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1-6

3. Living with the promise in view 4:1-6Since Jesus Christ has gained the victory, Peter urged his readers to rededicate themselves to God’s will as long as they might live. He wanted to strengthen their resolve to continue to persevere. He resumed here the exhortation that he broke off in 1 Peter 3:17. Generally speaking, 1 Peter 4:1-3 focus on Christian behavior and 1 Peter 4:4-6 on pagan response. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:5

Peter reminded his readers that God would condemn their unsaved friends’ behavior. Consequently they should not return to it. The Judge was already "ready" to judge (cf. Daniel 3:15 [LXX]; Acts 21:13; 2 Corinthians 12:14). Peter viewed those who slander Christians for their lifestyles as really slandering God, who called us out of darkness into the light. 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 4:1-6

(13-4: 6) EXHORTATION TO KEEP A PURE CONSCIENCE.—It is the only charm against persecution. It is like Christ to suffer with a good conscience; and He had His reward for it, in bringing us, and even the spirits of men who had died impenitent, to God thereby. It is the very meaning of the baptism by which He saves us. To feel its beauty and safety, we have but to consider the ugliness and danger of our former life. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:5

(5) Who shall give account.—Perhaps said with a reference to 1 Peter 3:15, where these very persons call the Christians to give “account” (the Greek word is the same). The side-purpose of the clause (as in the similar threat, 1 Peter 2:8) is to warn the readers against sharing their fate by sharing their sins.To him that is ready to judge.—This carries on the history of Jesus Christ a step further still. The last thing was His sitting on the right hand of God. This is the order of the Apostles’... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 4:3-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 4:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 4:5

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:1-6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 4:5

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