“ To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. ”
To him be glory ... - See the notes at 1 Peter 4:11 .
Further counsels to watchfulness, and to sympathy, closing with a renewed promise of God's reward, and a short doxology. 1 Peter 5:8 . seeking whom: the rendering seeking someone to devour, foun...
glory and . The texts omit. dominion . App-172. for ever, &c . App-151. a.
11 To him be glory That he might add more confidence to the godly, he breaks out into thanksgiving. Though this be read in the indicative as well as in the optative mood, still the meaning i...
DISCOURSE: 2415 GOD’S GOODNESS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER 1 Peter 5:10-11 . But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a whi...
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. To him - The God of all grace, be glory - l honor and praise be ascribed, and dominion - e government of heaven, earth, and hell, for ever - ro...
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. To him - alone: not to ourselves. Compare "Himself," note, 1 Peter 5:10 . Glory and. So 'Aleph ('); omitted in A B, Vulgate. Domi...
Encouragements to Shepherds and to Flock. Promise of God's Protection. Farewells B . 1 Peter 5:1-5 . 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and rul...
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...
Chapter 18 THROUGH PERILS TO VICTORY 1 Peter 5:8-14 NOT only had these Asian Christians to suffer from the opposition and calumnies of the heathen and from the estrangement of former friends:...
Resisting the Devil 1 Peter 5:8-14 We hear of the adversary in Zechariah 3:1 . The enemy of Christ desires to hurt the Shepherd by injuring His flock. The hunger of a lion for his prey is an e...
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. The...
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) Humbl...
To him be glory, and dominion, for ever and ever, Amen. The Syriac version begins this doxology in the preceding verse, reading the words thus, "to the God of grace", and then putting what follows,...
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 11. To him be glory, &c. ] Non loquendum de Deo sine lumine, said the heathen; we may not mention God but with praise to his na...
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 fri...
The Apostle's Prayer. A. D. 66. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his ete...
To him; to God. Be glory and dominion; see 1 Peter 4:11 . The verb be in the text is not in the Greek, and so it may be read with a supply of a verb either of the imperative mood, and then i...
The Grand Finale ( 1 Peter 5:1-13 ). As Peter comes to the close of his letter the thought of suffering followed by glory continues: · In 1 Peter 3:18-22 He had spoken of the sufferings of Chri...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 5:12 . Silvanus .—See Notes on Verses. 1 Peter 5:13 . Babylon .—Precisely, the sentence reads: “the co-elect one” [fem. sing.] “in Babylon.” This makes i...
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...
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, "Eld...
Greetings and benediction:
1 Peter 4:11 ; Revelation 1:6 ; Revelation 5:13