(NASB: Lockman)Greek: Panton de to telos e ggiken. The verse may be attached to the immediately preceding clause, in which case it must be translated, as in the A. V. and the margin of the R. V., ‘that he should no longer live the rest of his time,’ etc. The ‘lusts of men’ and the ‘will of God’ are contrasted as two opposite services to which one’s life may be dedicated (as in 1 Peter 2:24. From now on. Compare App-124. Neither of these words here rendered ‘remaining’ and ‘live’ occurs elsewhere in the New Testament. Analogous phrases occur in Acts 15:1, ‘circumcised after the manner of Moses,’ and Galatians 5:16; Galatians 5:25, ‘Walk in the Spirit,’ ‘live in (i.e according to) the Spirit.’ This also makes it probable that the ‘lusts of men’ here are not the lusts of human nature in the readers themselves (or in the man described as suffering), but the lusts indulged by the heathen around the readers. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. When he says, the rest of time in the flesh, the word flesh means the present life, as in Hebrews 5:7. so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. ‘This gal’ confuses ‘love’ & sexual activity; which seems related to the fact that every principle is expanded to the limit of its logic. Above all things — See that you remember the distinguishing badge of your religion and have, maintain, fervent charity, love, among yourselves — One toward another: for love shall cover a multitude of sins — It will cause us to excuse them in others, and will entitle us, through divine mercy to the expectation of forgiveness for our own numberless failings. Truth isn’t situational or cultural. Two connections are possible, between which it is difficult to decide. Love covers a multitude of sins through tears and repentance. Therefore BE alert and OF sober mind SO that you may pray. We do not live on explanations; we live on promises." XHTML: You can use these tags:

. It should be noted that this phrase comes (at least indirectly) from a Proverb which Peter would have been well aware of, Prov. Few scientists sum contrary to their individual favourite theory. Calvin on Wicked Rulers and God’s Judgment, Big Business and the Big State Mean Big Trouble, Early Christianity, Persecution, and Lessons for Today, Religion, Society, Politics, Family & the Culture Wars. . And her immediate response? Peter has spoken of living ‘unto righteousness’); or as two opposite patterns or standards to which one’s life may be conformed. Peter is concerned with behaviours that could destroy the Christian community; such behaviours must be extinguished if the church is to survive. And love is the defining characteristic of the attitudes and actions of Christians and the Church, or at least it should be. Bengel notices the contrast between the ‘lusts’ which are various, and the ‘will of God’ which is one. ], 1 Peter 4:2. to the end, no longer according to men’s lasts but according to God’s will, to live the remaining time in the flesh. . Read 1 Peter through in one sitting. . ‘but for the will of God.’-Even during trials and hardship, the ‘will of God’ is still an absolute standard for the Christian. The rule is that whatever gift, ordinary or extraordinary, whatever power, ability, or capacity of doing good is given to us, we should minister, or do service, with the same one to another, accounting ourselves not masters, but only stewards of the manifold grace, or the various gifts, of God. to the end, no longer according to men’s lasts but according to God’s will, to live the remaining time in the flesh. Had to reread a lot of this, maybe I`m tired or maybe thick, but I get it, in fact I got it before, but thanks for using your articulation to clarify. Keep on drowning.” No, He overlooked our shouts of abuse and jumped in the river to save us. Don’t … Continue reading "Commentary on 1 Peter 4:12-19" 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6). While the sin is meant to cause us to weep and repent, we are then meant to receive God’s absolution and rejoice and celebrate the fact that, through Jesus, our repentance has created righteousness, victory over sin and glory to God. Christians who were baptised into Christ’s death and resurrection (Romans 6:2-11) are not taken out of the world at once (John 17:15); they have to live in the flesh but not to the flesh, because they have been born not of the will of the flesh nor of man but of God (John 1:13). . The Canaanites were renowned for their homosexual practices. 1 Peter 4:18 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Peter 4:18, NIV: "And, 'If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?'" ‘There is nothing wrong with sleeping around, after all, love covers all sins!’. 11 Peter 2 also speaks of dogs returning to their vomit. 1 Peter: Trials, Holy Living & The Lord's Coming Click chart to enlarge Chart from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Chart from Charles Swindoll - click chart on right side. Compare Paul’s contrast between the ‘works of the flesh’ which are discordant and make life itself a discord, and the ‘fruit’ of the Spirit which is a unity, and makes life a unity (Galatians 5:19; Galatians 5:22). "for one another" Notice the threefold use of "one another" (cf. 1 Peter 4:8, CSB: "Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins." When a verse is so twisted and so distorted to serve evil ends, then you know that not just horrible hermeneutics but diabolical deception is at work. It offers reflection and commentary drawing upon the wealth of wisdom found in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Biblical love is always about willing the highest good for the other person, never about making cheap excuses for sinful behaviours, actions and lifestyles. 1 Peter 4:8 October 6, 2016. The course of good living is thus to begin with the former, but we are to advance to the latter. Sin remains sin, even when doing the right thing might mean forfeiting your life (Revelation 2:10). Only here. We ought further to notice the contrast between God’s will and the covetings or lusts of men We hence understand how great is our depravity, and how we ought to strive to become obedient to God. To the improvement of talents, v. General Principles of Biblical Interpretation. If 1 Peter was written later still, as many Bible scholars suggest, then the Temple would have already been destroyed at the time of writing, and the words in 1 Peter 2:4-10 would have had even greater significance to the original recipients. —Making, not the base desires of ungodly men their law, but. The words of Karen Jobes in her commentary on 1 Peter are worth quoting at length here: Peter is not making a theological statement about sins being forgiven (“covered”) by God. You must not allow either your human nature or fear of persecution to turn you back to the old ways! practice, habit, lifestyle, daily living. "the flesh" is not used here or anywhere else in1Peter (it is used seven times; all but one of them are in, Romans 7-8), but in the normal Jewish sense of human existence as weak, fallen, and therefore subject to pain and death. Plus it is believed that the sin of Noah’s son, Ham, whose own son was Canaan was the sodomizing of his father whilst he slept. It was painful. And this overlooking or covering over is not about winking at sin and pretending it does not matter, but seeking to be a peacemaker. Jesus came to save the lost. * Peter had been a fisherman before being called to be an apostle; but Jesus called Peter, along with his brother Andrew and his partners James and John, to become “fishers of men” – Luke 5:1-11; Matthew 4:18-22. How to Be More Hospitable 1 Peter 4:9. ‘lusts of men’-‘guided not by human passions’ (TCNT). Purchase at Amazon.comPurchase at Koorong.com, Purchase from Bill Muehlenberg 2.That’ live—Rather, so as no more to live; this the end in arming. Jesus then gave Peter the name of Cephas – John 1:40-42. And as always, context is king. BSB #: 733349 And, he had special advice for the church leaders (1 Peter 5:1-4). Incredibly this gal spent hours seeking to defend fornication, claiming that the Bible nowhere condemned it, and God looks on the heart anyway, and He is not interested in a bunch of rules. bioo. The context for this verse (vv. John Piper @JohnPiper. Since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind: The commitment God calls us to have is nothing greater than the commitment Jesus had in enduring suffering for our salvation. Oct 13, 2016. 2. When Jesus first refused the request of the Canaanite woman to heal her daughter, he referred to the Canaanits as “dogs”. These are an objective standard of life to which they are not to conform. I kid you not. Faith and hope will not be necessary in our eternal glory in heaven, but love will remain forever because “God is love” (1 Jn 4:7). Keep a notebook handy to jot down questions, ideas and applications. . That’s just fine. Sermon Bible Commentary. Instead of reading the word of God and understanding it in its plain sense – as is mostly determined by context – they will read into it their own spin on things. The community that loves one another is able to forgive one another more rapidly when minor issues arise.”. 1 Peter 4:8, NLT: "Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins." In verse 3 he said this: “For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do – living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.”. Purchase from Bill Muehlenberg That Peter could never have thought of verse 8 as in any way excusing or condoning sin is simply ludicrous if we read a few verses earlier. Yes we are to be forgiving, patient and tolerant with one another, since we are all works in progress when it comes to sanctification. Peter advised these Christians to love each other (1 Peter 4:8). I have a whole section of my book Strained Relations devoted to that topic. The author of 1 Peter understands the gospel and its consequences quite differently. 1 Peter 4:18, ESV: "And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”" 1 Peter 4:18, KJV: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" The phrase ‘in the flesh’ means simply ‘in the mortal, bodily life.’ Peter never uses the word ‘flesh’ (at least in this Epistle), in the ethical sense which it often has in Paul, as denoting the sinful nature of man or the ‘principle and realm of earthliness.’, 1 Peter 4:2 ‘so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.’, ‘so as to live’-‘Peter now explains “ceasing from sin” in more detail. He did this only once. And we should praise God that we are Christians (1 Peter 4:12-19). This understanding that love covers sins by not responding in kind to behaviour that destroys community is consistent with the exhortation of 1 Pet. Too much stake to go back to our old sinful ways. 1 Pet. Your email address will not be published. Yes this may include certain lesser sins, but we are to be forgiving where possible. I contend that we are probably better off understanding the saying to be a social one by Peter. – Cultural Background for 1 Peter. It will discuss critically and soberly where our culture is heading. This continues the thoughts of the preceding verse. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Happy reading! As I have mentioned before, the goal of all believers in studying Scripture is to engage in exegesis (seeking to determine what the author meant by a text). And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which these words naturally lead our minds. For us to continually drown him after he had just saved us would have been mocking Him even more than before. The main difficulty with this passage is that it is another text which has been utterly mangled by those who seem to delight in twisting God’s word for their own (often evil) ends. God is love. Even Cornelius, a good moral person, found himself in sin and lost (Acts 11:13-14). One day they willlive with God in heaven and share God’s *glory. 3. But so often this is replaced by eisegesis (reading into a text your own preferred version of events). Being in the physical body isn’t a handicap in resisting temptation or living for God. We may still have to bear oppression and abuse short term but God has promised we will receive double for what we have suffered plus everlasting joy. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 6 For in Scripture it says: The human capacity for self-deception is UNLIMITED. The person who has suffered in the flesh, continues to live in the flesh. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:9. The latter, too, is never applied to any order of life lower than the intelligent life of man. . But even if this happens, we should be glad. Heaven is their real home. It is for the purpose of living a life governed not by human feelings but by God’s will.’ (Grudem p. 167) Carefully note that suffering, persecution, trials etc…are not excuses for falling into sin. He did not stand on the bank and say “you’re drowning. That he ... 'That he (the believer, who has once for all obtained cessation from sin by suffering, in the person of Christ, namely, in virtue of his union with the crucified Christ) should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God,' 'Rest of his time in the flesh' (the Greek has 'in' here, not in 1 Peter 4:1 as to Christ) proves that the reference is not to Christ, but to the believer, whose remaining time in the flesh for glorifying God is short (1 Peter 4:3). to God! The cults of course love to twist Scripture and distort biblical truth, but so do all sorts of other folks, including carnal and compromised Christians. Readers are welcome to post comments on the material posted here, but some simple rules apply: If you are happy to abide by these rules, then by all means, send in your comments. Greek. "Flesh" refers to one"s mortal lifetime on earth, not to carnal living (cf. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8. 4:8,9, and 10). Only here. One is always living for something or someone. Thanks Bill. I may reply to some of your comments but will not be able to respond to all. But a Christian? It hence follows, that nothing is right and well ordered in man’s life as soon as he wanders from this rule. This site is meant to express my point of view. epiloipos. "As a result," Peter says, "he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God" (4:2). Their standard is to be God’s will. ', (2) That he no longer.—The Greek admits at least equally of the translation, That ye no longer, Thus, this second verse will attach itself, not to the clause “that he that hath suffered,” but to the clause “arm yourselves.” And unless this be understood, we become involved in the difficulty that whereas, up to this very point, St. Peter has been urging the future martyrs, by the example of Christ, to face the death of the body bravely, he would now be sliding confusedly into treating of the baptismal death to sin, and indeed actually saying that a martyr’s death was a step to leading the rest of the life on earth becomingly! "the flesh" is not used here or anywhere else in1Peter (it is used seven times; all but one of them are in 1 Peter 3:18 to 1 Peter 4:6) in the Pauline sense of the sinful nature in human beings (as, e.g, in Romans 7-8), but in the normal Jewish sense of human existence as weak, fallen, and therefore subject to pain and death." ], "We may not always understand what He [God] is doing, but we know that He is doing what is best for us. [Note: Davids, p150. Needless to say, not everything found in the comments posted here are points of view I approve of or agree with. 1 Peter 4:8, NASB: "Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins." But I mention it briefly here: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2004/11/01/responding-to-the-theological-revisionists/. My flesh wanted to let others know how this person hurt me and what they did, but the Spirit that dwells within me said, “Do not tell anyone what they did. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, That he no longer should live - in the flesh -, не по человеческим похотям. Cults do it all the time, but those claiming to be biblical Christians should never be guilty of such perversions of God’s word. [Note: Wiersbe, 2:420. Lusts of men—Making, not the base desires of ungodly men their law, but the will of God, and his will alone, for the rest of their earthly life. If you are looking for a soapbox to promote your own views, create your own website or blog site. The ability of people to distort and manipulate Scripture for their own purposes knows no bounds. 1:22: “From your heart love one another earnestly, for you have been born again.” The requirements of such love are further explained in 2:1 as “putting off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and jealousies, and all backbiting.” And in 3:9 Peter further commands that blessing is to be returned for insult. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. So this phrase has absolutely nothing to do with making excuses for sin, or pretending that sin is no big deal because ‘love’ covers everything. 11.(1.) . By Peter’s definition, “love” is not a warm, fuzzy feeling but means treating others in the Christian community in such a way as to promote unity and to avoid or overcome behaviours that destroy relationships. Comments should be brief (preferably under 100 words), polite, constructive and informed. We should tell them gently about Jesus (1 Peter 3:15). . Such behaviour actually extinguishes sin and its effects within the community by not retaliating in kind, thereby realising in the context of community the claim of 4:1 that Christians must be through with sin. Start Here! If you have overcome fear of persecution and death, weaker temptations will be no problem to you!”, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, E.M. 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