1 Peter 5:6

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 5:5-6

1 Peter 5:5-6 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 humility becomes impossible. It is in His presence and before the light of His majesty that the lesson is to be learned, not in the rude conflicts of the world, nor in the eager strifes of man with man, not in the heat of human passion, interest, or ambition; but in worship and devotion, the uplifting... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 5:6

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 mean us to find in it. It may be that many persons, when reading attentively our Lord's life and studying His language, are greatly surprised at the absolute unworldliness of both of them. He to whom all things future are as present suited both His life and His words to what He knew would be ever... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 5:1-14

Chapter 5Now 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 glory that shall be revealed ( 1 Peter 5:1 ):Peter witnessed the death of Jesus Christ. I was a witness, he said. And also he was a partaker of the glory. On the mount of transfiguration, he saw Jesus transfigured, Moses and Elijah talking with Him of the things of the kingdom. And Peter... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 5:1-14

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 and reality of the Lord’s ordinance. Cap. 1. supra Sirum. 1 Peter 5:2-5 . Feed the flock of God, by all assiduity in preaching, and in pastoral care. Green pastures must be prepared for the flock, that the whole church may grow in knowledge and in grace. But in doing this be as gentle... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 5:5-7

1 Peter 5:5-7Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves.Counsels to the youngerI. Submission.1. The younger are to submit to the elders. Are you young in years, or in the experience of the Christian life? Be not wise in your own conceit, but be willing to receive the advice of your superiors.2. All are to be subject one to another.II. Humility. “And be clothed,” or rather, “clothe yourselves with humility.”1. Humility is a garment to be put on. And what garment is more beautiful than humility?2. A... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 5:6

6 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; Job 4:9 , nod us to destruction, Psalms 18:16 , what is the weight of that mighty hand of his that spans the heavens and holds the earth in the hollow of them? That he may exalt you ] The lower the ebb, the higher is the tide. A deluge of sorrows may assault us, but they shall exalt as. And the lower the foundation of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Peter 5:6

Humble: Exodus 10:3, Leviticus 26:41, 1 Kings 21:29, 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 12:6, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 12:12, 2 Chronicles 30:11, 2 Chronicles 32:26, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Proverbs 29:23, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 57:15, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 44:10, Daniel 5:22, Micah 6:8, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, James 4:10, James 5:10 the: Exodus 3:19, Exodus 32:11, Psalms 89:13, 1 Corinthians 10:22 that: Job 36:22, Psalms 75:10, Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:The hand of God — Is in all troubles. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 5:6

6. Humble yourselves therefore Because God thus resists the proud and gives grace to the lowly-minded, enabling them to endure, and lifting them up in times of trouble and persecution, they are exhorted to receive with perfect submission all things that befall them under the government of the Lord, in the full assurance that soon or late, in his own way and time, he will exalt them in the removal of the trouble, or in taking them to himself. read more

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