Citizens should submit to government authority (Romans 13:1 and 5, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 2:13). · The universe will submit to Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:27 and Ephesians 1:22). · Unseen spiritual beings submit to Jesus (1 Peter 3:22). · Christians should submit to their church leaders (1 Corinthians 16:15-16 and 1 Peter 5:5).
1Peter 3:1-6New International Version. 3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as
1Peter 5:6-7 in context. Peter is addressing a wide range of recipients: ‘To the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia.’ 1 Peter 1. He lists provinces in Roman Asia Minor,
1Peter 5:6-8English Standard Version. 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
WhatYou See Isn’t What You Get (1 Peter 1:6-9) 6 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the
Peterrejoices to tell us that we are born to glory, saved to glory, and kept for glory. But he also reminds us that we are being prepared for glory by the things that we suffer in this temporal and passing life. We too should rejoice that as the elect of God, we are set apart for God and are being sanctified by the Spirit of God.
1Peter 5:9 But resist him, firm (figuratively = steadfast or immovable in one's beliefs) in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. The idea Peter is conveying is that they are to be steadfast (firmly fixed in place, not subject to change) immovable (not moving or
1Peter 5:6-7 KJV. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
2Peter 1:5. And besides this — Besides your renouncing the corruption that is in the world, you must increase in all the graces of God’s Spirit, and in the virtues to which they naturally lead. Or, as αυτο τουτο is rendered by some learned critics, (the particle εις being supposed to be understood,) for this purpose, or for this very reason, namely, because God hath
Belowis a paraphrase of 1 Peter 4:1-6 as if Peter was preparing the disciples to suffer for their faith. Notice that 1 Peter 4:6 has two interpretations below. 4:1-2 Just as Jesus physically suffered, we are to take up the same determined spirit to live for God's purposes and put away all sin.
Tendingthe Flock of God. 1 Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you 2 to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, [ a] not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it [ b] —not for
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