1 Peter 4:11

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:11

1 Peter 4:11 God's Scholars. Consider: I. Our labours of the understanding. May I say, "If any man read, let him read as if his book were God's work," or as if he were God's scholar? We cannot make a Christian use of other books, if the book of God Himself be not familiar to us. Nor, again, can we possibly turn common things into our spiritual food. We shall not easily be led to think of the highest things by the study of books on worldly matters, if even, when the occasion directly calls for... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 4:1-19

Chapter 4Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us ( 1 Peter 4:1 )That is, has gone to the cross.in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered ( 1 Peter 4:1 )Or come to the cross as far as His flesh is concerned.hath ceased from sin ( 1 Peter 4:1 );Now this is the same rationale that Paul had in Romans chapter six. As far as baptism is concerned, as far as my old man being crucified with Christ, dead, buried in the water of baptism; as I come up it's the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 4:1-19

1 Peter 4:3-4 . The will of the gentiles. Augustine in his city of God, should be read to see the excess and abominable idolatries of the gentiles. See the notes on Ephesians 5:12. Romans 1:0. 1 Peter 4:6 . For this cause was the gospel preached to them that are dead, that in the day of judgment every mouth may be stopped, as to privilege and dispensation; for the gospel was preached to the old world in the shadows of sacrifice, and in promises. And St. Paul says, that the Israelites... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 4:7-11

1 Peter 4:7-11The end of all things is at hand. The end of all thingsI. The solemn truth here announced.1. The end of your earthly engagements is at hand.2. The end of your worldly enjoyments is at hand.3. The end of trial and sorrow to the godly is at hand.4. The end of our privileges and opportunities is at hand.5. The end of our probation is at hand.II. The important considerations founded on this truth.1. Be sober.2. Be watchful.3. Be prayerful. (Pulpit Studies.)The end of all things at... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 4:11

11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 11. If any man speak ] i.e. Preach. Every sound is not music, so neither is every pulpit discourse preaching. As the oracles of God ] Those lively and life giving oracles, the Holy Scriptures. These he must expound with all gravity and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Peter 4:11

any: Isaiah 8:20, Jeremiah 23:22, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6, James 1:19, James 1:26, James 3:1-Joshua : as the: Acts 7:38, Romans 3:2, Hebrews 5:12 if: 1 Peter 4:10 the ability: 1 Chronicles 29:11-Nehemiah :, Romans 12:6-Ruth :, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 12:4 that: 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Corinthians 9:13, Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:21, Ephesians 5:20 through: 1 Peter 2:5, Philippians 1:11, Philippians 2:11 to whom: 1 Peter 5:11, Romans... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Peter 4:11

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.If any man speak, let him — In his whole conversation, public and private.Speak as the oracles of God — Let all his words be according to this pattern, both as to matter and manner, more especially in public. By this mark we may always know who are, so... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

11. Now follows a pair of specimens of the gifts just mentioned. If… speak As a teacher, preacher, or exhorter. Oracles of God As communications of God’s doctrines, and not the speaker’s own. In Romans 3:2 the phrase means God’s revelations in the Holy Scriptures, and, for us, it has here the same practical import. Minister The reference is not to the deacon distributing church alms, but to any service which one brother might render to another out of his own means. The ability which God... read more

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