However in 1 Peter 5:2 , "flock of God which is among you," answering to " (God's) heritages" (plural to express the sheep who are God's portion and inheritance, Deuteronomy 32:9 ) committed to you, favors English Version. The flock, as one whole, is God's heritage, or flock in the singular. Regarded in relation to its component sheep, divided
1Peter 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries; 1 Peter 1:6-9 Joy From The Pits - Steven Cole; 1 Peter 1:6-9 The Perseverance of the Saints, Part 3 (Devotional) - 1 Peter 1:7. The trial of faith is a test of its character. It is the furnace that tries the ore of what kind it is- it may be brass, or iron, or clay, or perhaps
MatthewHenry Bible Commentary (complete) In which the apostle gives particular directions, first to the elders, how to behave themselves towards their flock (v. 1-4); then1Peter 5:6-10. The concept of self-denial is at the heart of Paul's teaching on submission to God: We have died with Christ and must sacrifice our lives for Him. In Titus 2:12, Paul writes of the grace of God training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, that is, to deny what the self desires.
1Peter 5:5-7: Counsels for Troubled Christians: U.R. Thomas : 1 Peter 5:6-11: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. The Cure Of Care . 1 Peter 5:7. J.R. Thomson . The Christian religion is not simply a body of doctrine, it is a provision of grace. Its practical helpfulness has been proved by all who have accepted its guidance and put themselves underTodaywe are going to consider the “one another” passage in 1 Peter 5. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him ResourcesMatthew Henry's Commentary 1 Peter Chapter 5 Verses 5–7. Having settled and explained the duty of the pastors or spiritual guides of the church, the apostle comes now to instruct the flock, I. How to behave themselves to their ministers and to one another. He calls them the younger, as being generally younger than their grave .