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For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 3. For the time past of our life may suffice ] The language is that of grave irony. Enough time, and more than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 4:3”

That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 2. that he no longer should live the rest of his time ] The Greek form of the sentence points rather to the result than to the purpose of sufferings … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 4:2”

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered in the flesh ] The thoughts of the Apostle go back, somewhat after the manner of St Paul … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 4:1”

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. 22. who is gone into heaven ] The parallelism between the substance of this verse and that of 1Ti 3:16, and of both with the closing clauses of the second section of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:22”

The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 21. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us ] The MSS. present two readings; one … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:21”

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 20. which sometime were disobedient ] The words that follow, however, appear to limit the range of the preaching within comparatively narrow boundaries. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:20”

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 19. by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison ] We enter here on a passage of which widely different interpretations have been given. It seems best in dealing with it to give in the first place what seems … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:19”

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 18. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins ] As in the previous chapter (1Pe 2:21-25), so here, the Apostle cannot think … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:18”

For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 17. For it is better, if the will of God be so ] Literally, the Greek presenting a kind of emphatic pleonasm, if the will of God should so will. The Apostle falls back … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:17”

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 16. having a good conscience ] We note once more the reproduction by St Peter of one of St Paul’s favourite phrases (Act 23:1; Act 24:16; 1Ti 1:5; 1Ti … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 3:16”