1 Peter 5:6 kairw|/ {A}
After kairw|/ the Textus Receptus adds evpiskoph/j, with A P (Y) 5 28c 33 104 181 326 436 623 913 1827 1898 vg syrh with * copbo eth Ephraem Bede. The word, which is absent from î72 a B K L 0206 most minuscules syrp, htxt copsa Origen, appears to be a scribal addition derived from 1 Peter 2:12.
Verse 6. _HUMBLE YOURSELVES_] Those who submit patiently to the dispensations of God's providence he lifts up; those who lift themselves up, God thrusts down. If we humble not ourselves under God's _...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE - Be willing to take a low place - a place such as becomes you. Do not arrogate to yourselves what does not belong to you; do not evince pride and haughtiness in your manne...
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...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES. See 2 Corinthians 11:7. UNDER. App-104. MIGHTY. Greek. _krataios._ Only here. Compare 1 Corinthians 16:13 and App-172. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. EXALT. See...
_Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God_ The parallelism with St James (James 4:10) will again be noticed, but the thought is one which occurs in many forms elsewhere (Job 22:29; Pro...
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...
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΏΘΗΤΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Such humility towards fellow-Christians is only the outward expression of humility towards God, just as obedience to rulers, masters or husbands was shewn to be based upon fear and...
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΏΘΗΤΕ _aor. imper. pass. от_ ΤΑΠΕΙΝΌΩ (G5013) унижать, смирять; _pass._ смиряться (TLNT; TDNT; EDNT; DLNT, 96163). _Aor._ призывает к специфическому действию с оттенком срочности, ΚΡΑΤΑΙΌΣ (G2...
UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD,— "Under all the dispensations of divine providence, even though wicked men should be made the instruments of effecting its purposes." Perhaps by this expression, the apos...
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...
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND - afflicting you (): 'accept' His chastisements; turn to Him that smiteth you ()....
VERSE 6. HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE. Since it is a fact that the humble only receive grace from God, humble yourselves. Take his corrections patiently. Show thereby your entire submission to his wi...
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...
5:6 yourselves (d-2) Or 'be humbled,' aorist; also 'vigilant,' 'watch,' and 'resist' refer to characters to be won. see Note g, ver. 2....
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...
‘The strong hand of God’ is picture language for the power and discipline of God. Christians must accept all that God allows to happen to them. One day God will lift them up and give them honour. He w...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE. — This, too, looks an amplification of a proverb, when we compare it with James 4:10. The humility here recommended is not merely a submissive bearing of the strokes which...
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...
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...
ταπεινώθητε οὖν echoes the exhortation and its accompanied scripture in 1 Peter 5:5 obey in order that the promise (Luke 14:11) may be fulfilled for you, _he that humbleth himself shall be exalted_ (_...
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...
Humble yourselves therefore (10) under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (10) Because those proud and lofty spirits threaten the modest and humble, the apostle warns us to se...
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...
6_Humble yourselves therefore. _We must ever bear in mind for what end he bids us to be humble before God, even that we may be more courteous and kind to our brethren, and not refuse to submit to them...
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...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE,.... Or be ye humbled before God, and in his sight; quietly submit to his will; patiently bear every affliction without murmuring, repining, or replying against him; be sti...
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Ver. 6. _Under the mighty hand of God_] If God can blow us to destruction,Job 4:9, nod us to destruction,...
_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...
UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND; submit cheerfully to the dealings of his providence. Humility in all conditions is not only essential for the faithful discharge of duty, but the best preparation for receiving...
Humility and vigilance enjoined:...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE, UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME;...
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 5:6 ‘Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,'_ ‘HUMBLE YOURSELVES'. ‘From humility before others, Peter passes to humility befor...
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...
THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD; by this he means God's omnipotence, which sometimes is called _a strong hand,_ EXODUS 3:19, _a mighty hand,_ EXODUS 32:11 DEUTERONOMY 3:24, _the right hand of power,_...
Origen Against Celsus Book III nor (although taught even by Plato) that "the good and virtuous man walketh humbly and orderly; "and ignorant, moreover, that we give the injunction, "Humble yourselves...
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore G3767 yourselves G5013 (G5682) under G5259 mighty G2900 hand G5495 God G2316 that G2443 exalt...
‘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 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...
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 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...
1 Peter 5:6. HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE, UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD. Once more is the question of affliction touched, and the duty of submission urged. This time, however, the matter is pressed in...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE (ταπεινωθητε ουν). First aorist passive imperative of ταπεινοω, old verb, for which see Matthew 18:4. Peter is here in the role of a preacher of humility. "Be humbled."U...
1 Peter 5:6 Christian Work and Christian Rest. I. Half, and more than half, of the practical faults in the world arise from looking upon life in a false view, and expecting from it what God does not...
1 Peter 5:5 Humility and its Greatness. I. Let us examine the source and ground of humility. This is drawn from the knowledge of God. Hence, where the knowledge of God is absent, the exercise of humi...
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...
HUMBLE YOURSELVES. "Since God resists the proud, be sure to humble yourselves under God's mighty hand! Take his punishments patiently, so that he will lift you to heaven in his own good time, as he pr...
_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 5:6 MIGHTY HAND OF GOD brings to mind the exodus (Exodus 32:11; D
_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 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Kings 21:29; 1 Timothy 2:6; 2 Chronicles 12:12;...
Mighty hand [κ ρ α τ α ι α ν χ ε ι ρ α]. A phrase found nowhere else in the New Testament, but occurring in the Septuagint, Exodus 3:19; Deuteronomy 3:24; Job 30:21. The adjective kratrian, mighty, is...
The hand of God — Is in all troubles....
By the HAND OF GOD, understand his judgments, his almighty power, which it is our duty to submit unto, and to be humble under, in the day of our affliction; and this profound submission and deep humil...