Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third
For, like elderly men who have no hope of renewing their strength, and expect nothing but their last sleep, so you, weakened by worldly occupations, have given yourselves up to sloth, and have not cast your cares upon the Lord.[46]
Verse 7. _CASTING ALL YOUR CARE_] τηνμεριμναν. Your _anxiety_, your _distracting care, on him, for he careth for you_, οτιαυτω μελειπεριυμων, _for he meddles_ or _concerns himself, with the_ _things...
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM - Compare Psalms 55:22, from whence this passage was probably taken. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be...
V. EXHORTATIONS CONCERNING SERVICE AND CONFLICT CHAPTER 5 _ 1. As to Christian service (1 Peter 5:1)_ 2. Conflict and victory (1 Peter 5:8) 3. The conclusion (1 Peter 5:12)...
The writer, himself a presbyter, gives wise and loving counsel to his fellow-presbyters and to their flocks. Sincerity, humility, and love are to mark all their intercourse, and continual subjection t...
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)...
So, then, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that in his good time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxiety upon him because he cares for you. Be sober; be watchful. Your adversary the devi...
CASTING... UPON. Greek. _epirripto._ Only here and Luke 19:35. CARE. anxiety. Compare Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:6. UPON. Greek. _epi_. App-104. The same prep, as is seen in the verb....
_casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you_ The English version effaces a distinction in the Greek, the first word for "care" implying "distracting anxiety," as in Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19...
ἘΠΙΡΊΨΑΝΤΕΣ. The words are borrowed from Psalms 55:22 ἐπίριψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν μέριμυάν σου καὶ αὐτός σε διαθρέψει. In times of danger the Christian is to cast all the burden of his anxiety or alarm (μ...
6 The way therefore to attain true greatness, to be exalted in God’s good time, is to humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, submitting patiently to whatever trials He sends you; 7 casting...
ΠΆΣΑΝ ΤΗΝ ΜΈΡΙΜΝΑΝ ύμών (G3956; G3308; G4771) все ваши заботы. _Adj._ от ΠΆΣ с именем и артиклем подчеркивает общий характер имени (BAGD). Слово ΜΈΡΙΜΝΑΝ означает тревогу, беспокойство. Это перевод_ев...
DISCOURSE: 2413 THE DUTY OF CASTING OUR CARE ON GOD 1 Peter 5:7. _Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you_. INEXPERIENCED Christians are generally partial in their views of religion. Th...
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE, &C.— _Your anxious care or solicitude._ See on Matthew 6:25....
1 PETER 5:6-7 HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME; CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETY UPON HIM, BECAUSE HE CARETH FOR YOU. _Expanded Translation_ You mus...
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. CASTING - once for all [ epiripsantes (G1977), aorist]. CARE, [ merimnan (G3308)] - 'anxiety;' advantage from humbling ourselves under God's...
VERSE 7. CASTING ALL OF YOUR CARE UPON HIM. In any distress that comes upon you, submit to God. He will sustain you. The Psalmist says: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. He s...
5 The apron was apart of a slave's uniform which distinguished him as a slave and which he put on when he went to work. Humility serves (Joh_13:1-16) and service tests humility. 7 The writer was loath...
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS AND TO FLOCK. PROMISE OF GOD'S PROTECTION. FAREWELLS _B_. 1 Peter 5:1. 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and ruled, do...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 ELDERS AND YOUNG MEN v1 So, I want to encourage the elders among you. I also am an elder. I actually saw Christ when he suffered. When he...
‘Give all your worries to God’. Christians do this when they tell God what worries them. Then they must trust that God will give them what they need in every situation. Jesus teaches about this in Mat...
V. (1-11) FURTHER EXHORTATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE CRISIS. — The officers of the community are not to flinch from the duties imposed upon them, nor yet to perform them in any spirit of self-assertion. T...
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM. — An adaptation of Psalms 55:22, according to the LXX. Anxiety implies not only some distrust of God’s providence, but also some kind of belief that we may be able to m...
CHAPTER 17 BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY 1 Peter 5:5 HAVING admonished the shepherds, the Apostle now turns to the flock, and his words recall the exhortations, which he has given several times before. I...
τὴν μέριμναν … αὐτὸν comes from Psalms 55:12, ἐπίριψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου, which is the source of part of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:25 ff.). ὅτι … ὑμῶν substituted for καὶ αὐτός σε δ...
SERVING ONE ANOTHER 1 Peter 5:1 According to these words Peter, though he stood at a distance, must have been an eyewitness of the Savior's death. He is careful to speak of the glory in the same brea...
Finally, the apostle proceeded to strengthen his brethren for conflict. The first matter dealt with was the general orderliness of the Church. He enjoined the elders that they care for the flock. Thei...
SUBMITTING TO GOD"Younger" and "elder" in 1 Peter 5:5 are plural. The two words occurring so close together may well indicate Peter is simply referring to age in both cases and is telling young men to...
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (6) Humble...
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...
_THE REMEDY FOR CARE_ ‘Casting all your care [anxiety] upon Him; for he careth for you.’ 1 Peter 5:7 In just a few simple words, not as appealing to the intellect, but to the heart, let me seek to...
7_Casting all our care _He more fully sets forth here the providence of God. For whence are these proverbial sayings, “We shall have to howl among wolves,” and, “They are foolish who are like sheep, e...
The apostle returns to christian details. He exhorts the elders, himself an elder; for it appears that among the Jews this title was rather characteristic than official. (Compare 1 Peter 5:5.) He exho...
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM,.... "Upon God": as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read. The words are taken out of, or at least refer to Psalms 55:22, where, instead of "cast thy burden upon the Lor...
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Ver. 7. _Casting all your care_] Your carking care, your care of diffidence. I will now with you sing away care, said John Careless, martyr, in...
_Likewise, ye younger_ Namely, in years, whether ministers or people; _submit yourselves unto the elder_ To those who are more advanced in years; give them all due respect, and be ready to take their...
ALL YOUR CARE; PSALMS 55:22 A sure and effectual relief from oppressive cares is cheerful submission to the will of God; choosing to have him do as seemeth him good, because he does all things well....
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU....
Humility and vigilance enjoined:...
Consistently with Peter's subject of governmental order, he now address elders in v.1, and those younger in v.5. Proper balance in this relationship is always deeply important, for on either side fric...
_ 1 Peter 5:7 ‘casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.'_ ‘CASTING' -‘throw upon, place upon' (Thayer p. 242). ‘The aorist participle denoting an act once for all; throwing the who...
5-9 Humility preserves peace and order in all Christian churches and societies; pride disturbs them. Where God gives grace to be humble, he will give wisdom, faith, and holiness. To be humble, and su...
CASTING, as a burden, ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM; your care for all sorts of things, even which concern this life, that care which will otherwise cut and divide your hearts, (as the Greek word in Matthew...
1 Peter 5:7 casting G1977 (G5660) all G3956 your G5216 care G3308 upon G1909 Him G846 for G3754 He...
‘Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, casting all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.' So all are to allow themselves to be humbled u...
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WHOLE CHURCH (1 PETER 5:5). Having spoken to the under-shepherds Peter now speaks to the sheep. In the light of the coming onslaught on the flock they are to walk in readin...
THE GRAND FINALE (1 PETER 5:1). As Peter comes to the close of his letter the thought of suffering followed by glory continues: · In 1 Peter 3:18 He had spoken of the sufferings of Christ which had...
1 Peter 5:7. CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETY UPON HIM, BECAUSE HE CARETH FOR YOU. While the A. V. adopts the one term ‘care' in both clauses, the original has two distinct terms, the former meaning _‘anxious...
The grace of humility closed the foregoing series of counsels. It appeared there as the safeguard against a lordly spirit on the side of those in office in the Church, and a spirit of insubordination...
CASTING (επιριψαντες). First aorist active participle of επιριπτω, old verb, to throw upon, in N.T. only here and Luke 19:35 (casting their clothes on the colt), here from Psalms 55:22. For μεριμνα...
1 Peter 5:7 The Sympathy of the Divine Care-bearer. Nothing can be more beautifully true to the real meaning and intention of this passage than this translation. It conveys exactly what St. Peter mea...
1 Peter 5:1. _The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:_ Here again, as in the...
CONTENTS: Christian service in view of Christ's soon coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter, Satan, Silvanus, Marcus. CONCLUSION: Humility is a great preserver of peace and order in the church, givin...
1 Peter 5:1. _Who am also an elder._ See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue...
THROW ALL YOUR WORRIES ON HIM. "Don't spend a lot of time worrying about persecutions, or whether you will have food and shelter, or what the future holds for you! God loves you and will work things o...
_Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves._ COUNSELS TO THE YOUNGER I. Submission. 1. The younger are to submit to the elders. Are you young in years, or in the experience of the Christian life? Be...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 5:7 CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETIES ON HIM. Worry is a form of pride. It takes concerns upon oneself instead of entrusting them to God, who CARES for his people....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 5:5. BE CLOTHED.—Lit. “gird yourselves.” Perhaps the word refers to the frock, or apron, distinctive of slaves. Strictly, the Greek word means, “tie yourselves...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 5:1 THE ELDERS WHICH ARE AMONG YOU I EXHORT. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefo...
Now the elders [the overseers] which are among you I exhort, because I am also an elder [or an overseer, an older man], and I am a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and I'm also a partaker of the g...
1 Samuel 1:10; 1 Samuel 30:6; Hebrews 13:5; Hebrews 13:6; John 10:13;
Casting [ε π ι ρ ρ ι ψ α ν τ ε ς]. The aorist participle denoting an act once for all; throwing the whole life with its care on him. All your care [π α σ α ν τ η ν μ ε ρ ι μ ν α ν]. The whole of your...
Casting all your care upon him — In every want or pressure....
Observe here, 1. The nature of the duty enjoined, to cast our care upon God; it is not. providential and prudential care, but an anxious and vexatious care, that the scripture forbids; and the duty he...