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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

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 with His mind. Let them act by ceasing from sin and all the gratifications of the flesh which had characterized their past. Injunctions followed the argument. The light of the future is turned on the past, "The end of all things is at hand." The effect of this certainty is then stated in its... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:7

CHRISTIAN EXPECTATION*‘Watch unto prayer.’ 1 Peter 4:7 Of old, certain Sundays in the Church’s year were known by particular names or titles, and in some measure this practice is still kept up. The ancient title by which the Sunday after Ascension Day was known was Expectation Sunday, and the title gradually extended itself to the whole week, and even sometimes the concluding days of the previous one, so that the whole interval between Ascension Day and Whit-Sunday was stamped with this mark... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:7-11

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 Peter 4:7-1 Kings : These verses teach us how our earthly calling is to be made a preparation for the complete coming of the kingdom of heaven. And four conditions of this completion are here mentioned. I. Prayer. ( 1 Peter 4:7).—The complete coming of the Kingdom of God is this—that God may be all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

They Can Go Forward In Confidence to Face Whatever Comes Knowing That The Victory Over Suffering Has Already Been Won (1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6 ). Peter now encourages them in the face of opposition. They are not to be afraid when they suffer for righteousness’ sake, but are rather to set apart Christ as holy in their hearts, and ensure that they can give a good answer concerning Him to their adversaries, doing it with a proper attitude (meekness) and in the fear of God. They must however... read more

Peter Pett

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

Application Of The Previous Theme, And Reminder of the Coming Judgment (1 Peter 4:1-19 ). Having portrayed the great and all encompassing victory of Jesus Christ through suffering, Peter now applies the ideas directly to his readers. As previously with the world of Noah and the disobedient angels, judgment is hovering on the horizon. Christians are therefore to live in the light both of His sufferings and of the coming judgment. This is first stressed in 1 Peter 4:1-6, and then expanded on in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

‘For to 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.’ His reference to the judgment of the dead raised a question that puzzled many early Christians concerning the position of believers who had died before the expected coming of Christ (compare 1 Thessalonians 4:13). Why had the Gospel come to them if they had not lived to see its final fulfilment? And this was especially so for those... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7

‘But the end of all things is at hand. Be you therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer,’ However, not only did the dead need to be prepared for that future judgment, but so also did the living. For that judgment, which would bring in the end of all things, could come at any time. It was ‘at hand’. For some it could come through death, as it had for those described in 1 Peter 4:5-6. But for all it was imminent. None knew or can know when it might come. Prophecy having reached its... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7-11

In The Light Of The Coming Judgment And Resurrection They are To Live With A Sense Of Urgency (1 Peter 4:7-11 ). In view of the urgency of the times therefore they are to live out their Christian lives accordingly, revealing true love and hospitality, ministering to one another by means of the gifts given to them, and speaking as from God. And all so that God might be glorified through Jesus Christ the eternal King. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

1 Peter 4:1-Joshua : . Our voluntary suffering in the way of righteousness denotes our fellowship with Christ, and our breaking with sin. Let there be therefore no return, on the part of converts, to the evil life of paganism, even when urged to it by old comrades. They too must face the Divine judgment, which is the same for all, and rules throughout the universe, so that none, alive or dead, can escape this standard, or find any way of salvation save through obedience. 1 Peter 4:1 . mind:... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7-11

1 Peter 4:7-1 Kings : . 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 prove a practical thanksgiving to God as it reflects the life of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:8 . love covereth a multitude of sins ( cf. 1 Corinthians 13:5 f., James 5:20 *). “ The love of Christ covers sins ( Luke 7:47); and love of the brethren, flowing as it does from... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-19

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:7

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 4:7-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7-11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:1-6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 4:7-11

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