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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 4:6

for this cause = unto ( App-104 .) this (end). was the gospel preached . App-121 . also, &c. = to the dead also. that = in order that. Greek. hina. they might = though they might. The particle men, marking the contrast, is ignored in the Authorized Version and Revised Version. according to . App-104 . Supply "the will of". live . App-170 . spirit . No art. or preposition. App-101 . Compare 1 Peter 3:18 . This is man's day (1 Corinthians 4:3 ), when he is judging and condemning.... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.To this end ... has the effect of "with the final judgment in view."Was the gospel preached even to the dead ... "The dead" here are exactly the same as the dead in the previous verse, all who had lived on earth and had died previously from the time of Peter's words, there being, it seems, a particular reference to Christians who had... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

1 Peter 4:6. For, for this cause was the gospel preached, &c.— "For this is the end for which the gospel was preached to those believers, who are now the dead in Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:16.), as well as to those who are still living upon earth, that they, by a divine power attending it, being thoroughly mortified and dead to their former inclinations and courses of life, might be eventually censured and condemned, and even put to death, for their novel and unsociable principles and... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

6. For—giving the reason for 1 Peter 4:5, "judge the dead." gospel preached also to . . . dead—as well as to them now living, and to them that shall be found alive at the coming of the Judge. "Dead" must be taken in the same literal sense as in 1 Peter 4:5- :, which refutes the explanation "dead" in sins. Moreover, the absence of the Greek article does not necessarily restrict the sense of "dead" to particular dead persons, for there is no Greek article in 1 Peter 4:5- : also, where "the dead"... 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

Thomas Constable

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

Because everyone will give account of his life to God (1 Peter 4:5), Christians preach the gospel. We do so to enable people to give that account joyfully rather than sorrowfully (cf. 1 John 2:28). In Peter’s day Christians had preached the gospel to other people who had become Christians who had already died. Even though these brethren had experienced judgment for their sins by dying physically, they lived on in a new spiritual sphere of life since they were believers (cf. 1 Peter 3:18).... 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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 4:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

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

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

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

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

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