PARTINGPRAYER. CONCLUSION. 1. elders --alike in office and age ( 1Pe 5:5 ). I. . . also an elder --To put one's self on a level with those whom we exhort, gives weight to one's exhortations (compare 2Jo 1:1, 2 ). Peter, in true humility for the Gospel's sake, does not put forward his apostleship here, wherein he presided over the elders. 1Peter 5, The Pulpit Commentaries, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, spanning 23 volumes, covered the entire Bible with verse by verse exposition. 1 Peter 5:5-7 - The conduct becoming Church members towards the elders of the Church. Seenote on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:2, and Romans 6:3-4. The Christian community was to be a ‘new lump,’ because it was placed among men as a new society—a society, the object and aim of which was to keep itself free from the defilements of the rest of the world. Seenote on 1 Peter 1:22. The recurrence of the words may be noted as evidence in favour of identity of authorship. and to brotherly kindness charity] Better, love. See note on 1 Peter 4:8. It is to be regretted, as has been said before, that the varying usage of our translators hinders us from recognising at once the unity of the writers of Instead Peter was saying that because God loves us and knows what is best for us, if we will put ourselves in His hand, at the proper time, in due season, He will exalt . Verse. by-Verse Bible Commentary. 1 Peter 5:7. 1 Peter 5:6 1 Peter 5 1 Peter 5:8. casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. New American Standard Version. Bible> Commentaries > 1 Peter 5:9 1 Peter 1:11, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 5:1) are being wrought out for your brotherhood (the same collective term as in chap. 1 Peter 2:17) that are in the world. The Apostle appeals to the thought of sympathy with other sufferers as a ground of steadfastness. Those to whom he wrote were not isolated in their Spurgeonin his exposition of 2 Peter 1:5-7 writes "As you have seen the mason take up first one stone, and then another, (2 Peter 1 Expositor's Bible Commentary edited by Nicoll) Arete - 5 times in the NT NASB translates it as excellence, 2; excellencies, 1; moral excellence, 2. The KJV translates it as praise, 1; virtue, 4. 1Peter 5, Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary by Albert Barnes, a dedicated student of the Bible, continues to be very popular even today. casting all their care on God, 1 Peter 5:5-7. An exhortation to be sober and vigilant, in view of the dangers which beset them, and the Christians as the handiwork of God, are shaped and formed by His will. Sometimes He places us in a crucible of affliction. Peter wrote about the faith of Christians and said that it may be "tested by fire" ( 1Pe 1:7 ). That testing may come in the form of "various trials" to refine our faith ( 1Pe 1:6 ).

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