. BSB #: 733349 1 Pet. It offers reflection and commentary drawing upon the wealth of wisdom found in the Judeo-Christian tradition. 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. I. Few scientists sum contrary to their individual favourite theory. This includes living for self, avoiding pain at all costs, placing momentary physical, emotional or mental comfort as a higher priority than serving God. This mandated an ongoing love for other believers, which is a theme 1 Peter has introduced before (cf. Oct 13, 2016. Heaven is their real home. Sin remains sin, even when doing the right thing might mean forfeiting your life (Revelation 2:10). And as always, context is king. But so often this is replaced by eisegesis (reading into a text your own preferred version of events). If you are looking for a soapbox to promote your own views, create your own website or blog site. Ringwood Central, Vic. Let me spend the rest of this article seeking to do just that: offer a much more obvious and biblical meaning. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:9. 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. 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 we should praise God that we are Christians (1 Peter 4:12-19). If you have overcome fear of persecution and death, weaker temptations will be no problem to you!”. We should tell them gently about Jesus (1 Peter 3:15). Purchase from Bill Muehlenberg Really? It should be noted that this phrase comes (at least indirectly) from a Proverb which Peter would have been well aware of, Prov. But what it is saying is this: we should be willing to overlook various annoyances, offences and faults of others. God and from man. ‘This gal’ confuses ‘love’ & sexual activity; which seems related to the fact that every principle is expanded to the limit of its logic. Every stupid and unbiblical thing one could think of she tossed my way. epiloipos. You must not allow either your human nature or fear of persecution to turn you back to the old ways! 4:8,9, and 10). It will discuss critically and soberly where our culture is heading. The human capacity for self-deception is UNLIMITED. 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. a protection and support to Him—viz., that to be rid of sin for ever was the greatest of all possible blessings, and that this is only attainable through the bodily death; and the result of embracing this thought will be, that for the rest of your lives on earth (so soon, perhaps, to be cut violently short.) Loving our brother means being willing to overlook or ignore a whole range of things that might otherwise bother us, offend us, or weary us. The Priority and Protection of Love – 1 Peter 4:8. Only here. What I would like to know Bill, is how would you tackle people like the queer Bishop Gene Robinson Co.Ltd., when they say that the sin of Sodom was not sodomy but inhospitality? Peter is saying, if we have suffered for what is right (3:13), then we, too, have a stake in this suffering. The person who has suffered in the flesh, continues to live in the flesh. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. 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. 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. It offers reflective and incisive commentary on a wide range of issues, helping to sort through the maze of competing opinions, worldviews, ideologies and value systems. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. You must state your full name to have your comments posted. These are an objective standard of life to which they are not to conform. Cults do it all the time, but those claiming to be biblical Christians should never be guilty of such perversions of God’s word. 27:5 says. Satan would be proud of such textual suicide. This will not always be possible, and ‘open rebuke is better than secret love’ as Prov. 2That he no longer Here he sets forth the way of ceasing from sin, that renouncing the covetings of men we should study to form our life according to the will of God. ". 2. ', (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! 1-11), is about living for God, not just as an individual believer, but as a body of believers. Peter also wants his readers to understand the *grac… Purchase at Amazon.com 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. But if we attach 1 Peter 4:2 to the clause “arm yourselves,” it runs, without any confusion, thus: “As Christ suffered to the flesh without shrinking, take for your protection and support the same thought which proved. I have a whole section of my book Strained Relations devoted to that topic. “Your baptism was a promise (1 Peter 3:21)to God! We are either living a sinful lifestyle or we are living for God (Romans 6:13-16; Matthew 6:24). 1 Peter 4:8 October 6, 2016. Too much stake to go back to our old sinful ways. Needless to say, not everything found in the comments posted here are points of view I approve of or agree with. Keep a notebook handy to jot down questions, ideas and applications. I may reply to some of your comments but will not be able to respond to all. 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. See 1 Peter 4:8 (printed below) Above all else, maintain a fervent love for each other, because love covers a multitude of sins. Deception ran real deep in that poor gal, and we need to keep her in prayer. 1 Peter 4:8-10 New International Version (NIV). This continues the thoughts of the preceding verse. ". And her immediate response? 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. He did this only once. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 6 For in Scripture it says: 1 Peter 4:8, NASB: "Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins." God is love. you may no longer live to men’s lusts, but to God’s will.”. 1 Peter 4:8, NLT: "Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins." 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. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8. But even if this happens, we should be glad. Many thanks for helping to make this ministry possible and helping it to continue. One is always living for something or someone. Don’t … Continue reading "Commentary on 1 Peter 4:12-19" 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 App-170. Purchase at Amazon.comPurchase at Koorong.com, Purchase from Bill Muehlenberg The entire lengthy exchange we engaged in was a real shocker. 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. You must allow God’s will to control your earthly lives! – Cultural Background for 1 Peter. The author of 1 Peter understands the gospel and its consequences quite differently. Lesson Plans for 1 Peter Bible Study. It was painful. It hence follows, that nothing is right and well ordered in man’s life as soon as he wanders from this rule. Oct 11, 2016. ], 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. 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. Christ having died to flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought that (or because) he that died hath ceased to sins .— παθόντος σαρκί Peter goes back to the starting point of 1 Peter 3:18 in order to emphasise the import of the first step taken by Christ and … So perhaps Jesus did say something about homosexuality. . ‘live’-i.e. Only here. He continued to love us as we dragged him under to be drowned Himself. Peter clarified commitment to God"s will in this verse. In this case it becomes part of the genera proposition as to the end put to one’s relation to sin by the suffering of death, explaining the moral intention of the change of relation. What Grumbling Says About God 1 Peter 4:9. Your email address will not be published. ", "We may not always understand what He [God] is doing, but we know that He is doing what is best for us. 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). Read 1 Peter through in one sitting. Not as Alford, 'Arm yourselves ... with a view no longer to live the rest of your time. 2.That’ live—Rather, so as no more to live; this the end in arming. So we certainly cannot get a pro-fornication reading out of this verse! Optional: Complete our How to Study a Book of The Bible lessons with 1 Peter. I contend that we are probably better off understanding the saying to be a social one by Peter. For us to continually drown him after he had just saved us would have been mocking Him even more than before. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Which means that God’s will must be clear and understandable. 4:8). 11.(1.) Learn, [1.] Breaking from the bondage of sin means so identifying with the will of God, that God’s desire comes your desire. Sin, 1 Peter 4:1, shows itself in the desires [lusts], and suffering in the flesh reminds the man that the rest of his time in the flesh is at length about to have an end.— ἀνθρώπων, of men) those of yourselves and others.— ἐπιθυμίαις, lusts or desires) of various kinds: but the will of God is perfect. 1 Peter 4:1. Truth isn’t situational or cultural. Peter is concerned with behaviours that could destroy the Christian community; such behaviours must be extinguished if the church is to survive. "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). 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). He did not stand on the bank and say “you’re drowning. General Principles of Biblical Interpretation. Purchase at Amazon.com That serving God becomes stronger than the will for momentary comfort or the will to live on in the flesh. But a Christian? In this case it expresses the practical object they are to have in view in facing their sufferings with the purpose which distinguished Christ; while at the same time it indicates how the general proposition is to be applied to their own case. Keep on drowning.” No, He overlooked our shouts of abuse and jumped in the river to save us. “Love covers over a multitude of sins.” Yes she actually used this passage in this ludicrous and unbiblical fashion. [3] Peter continually presents Jesus as an example for the Christians in Asia Minor to follow. 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. ‘the rest of the time in the flesh’-Thus the statement, ‘suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin’, does not refer to when a Christian dies. John Piper Oct 6, 2016 1K Shares Look at the Book. 1 Peter 4:8. practice, habit, lifestyle, daily living. Scot McKnight puts it this way: “We have all probably heard this statement bandied about to justify many kinds of behaviours, but what does this saying mean for Peter? (1 Peter 4:8 ESV) A few years back, I had a friend that hurt me really badly. Commentary on 1 Peter 4:7-11 (Read 1 Peter 4:7-11) The destruction of the Jewish church and nation, foretold by our Saviour, was very near. Many people are asking, “Where is our culture heading?” This website is devoted to exploring the major cultural, social and political issues of the day. But I mention it briefly here: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2004/11/01/responding-to-the-theological-revisionists/. CultureWatch is a faith ministry and I get no salary. In the United States, the American Dream is often proclaimed as if it were gospel: anyone who works hard and makes good choices can be happy and successful. . 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. 3. The latter, too, is never applied to any order of life lower than the intelligent life of man. 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. To the improvement of talents, v. 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. How to Be More Hospitable 1 Peter 4:9. . Thanks David. 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. If you want to contribute financially, here are two methods: For those wishing to contribute to this ministry by direct debit, here are our banking details: Westpac Banking Corporation Even Cornelius, a good moral person, found himself in sin and lost (Acts 11:13-14). And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which these words naturally lead our minds. Sin must always be taken with the utmost seriousness, and we dare not seek to justify sin or try to rationalise away sin. 1 Peter 4:2. We do not live on explanations; we live on promises.". Neither of these words here rendered ‘remaining’ and ‘live’ occurs elsewhere in the New Testament. Purchase at Koorong.com. 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. Christianity is communal. L-usts of men means the lusts that men of the world practice, while the will of God will direct the disciple in a pathway of righteousness. When Jesus first refused the request of the Canaanite woman to heal her daughter, he referred to the Canaanits as “dogs”. Points to Note: 1. That’s just fine. bioo. But the icing on the cake (or the poison on the pill) was this incredible exchange: Someone came to her post and said simply, “fornication is a sin”. We might suffer because we are Christians. 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 App-124. How the covering of righteousness works is as outlined by precisely and beautifully by Isaiah in chapter 61. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. Name: W J and A A Muehlenberg. 10:12: “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” It is also something James appealed to: “remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins” (James 5:20). 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. "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." "Flesh" refers to one"s mortal lifetime on earth, not to carnal living (cf. If you love your brother, you will want them to be more and more like Christ, and less and less bound by sin. And, he had special advice for the church leaders (1 Peter 5:1-4). ‘Rather, such times grant to us opportunity for spiritual growth and development. 2. . [Note: Wiersbe, 2:420. John Piper @JohnPiper. —Making, not the base desires of ungodly men their law, but. Their duty is to their new Father.— ’ gives the result of . And love is the defining characteristic of the attitudes and actions of Christians and the Church, or at least it should be. See 1 Peter 2:9 (printed above under question #4) Our Christian calling is further described as the calling to “display the virtues of him who called you.” That is to say, by the grace of God we are called to live a Christ-like life and in so doing we will be reflecting and exhibiting the very virtues of God Himself. The Canaanites were renowned for their homosexual practices. We do not live on explanations; we live on promises." 1 Pet. Peter advised these Christians to love each other (1 Peter 4:8). In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Jesus came to save the lost. The ability of people to distort and manipulate Scripture for their own purposes knows no bounds. 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, (NASB: Lockman) 1 Peter 4:8-9. Clarke's 1-peter 4:8 Bible Commentary Have fervent charity - Αγαπην εκτενη· Intense love; for love shall cover a multitude of sins. This site is meant to express my point of view. But if this passage is NOT about condoning sin, justifying sin, making excuses for sin, or letting sinners easily off the hook, then what exactly does it mean? You must allow God’s will to control your earthly lives! . 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). 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. Nor is he saying that sin in the church should be ignored or denied (“covered up”). 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. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Greek. This understanding that love covers sins by not responding in kind to behaviour that destroys community is consistent with the exhortation of 1 Pet. 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?'" Love covers a multitude of sins through tears and repentance. "Flesh" refers to one"s mortal lifetime on earth, not to carnal living (cf. Love shall cover multitudes of sins—from. ‘no longer for the lusts of men’-Which presents no middle ground between ‘lusts’ and the ‘will of God’. To illustrate’ The ‘right’ to choose to be ‘offended’ seems to mean that one’s choice becomes sacrosanct; the right’ to refuse medical treatment is expanded to a ‘right’ to be killed. (1 Peter 4:8) “Above all else,” writes Peter, “maintain a fervent love for each other.” The thing that is of greatest importance is the practice of Christian love. 4. ‘There is nothing wrong with sleeping around, after all, love covers all sins!’. to God! It is not enough to make a break in one's life of sin, but he should practice sin no longer. 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6). , and his will alone, for the rest of their earthly life. Comments should be brief (preferably under 100 words), polite, constructive and informed. 1 Peter 4:8, CSB: "Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins." rest of his = remaining, Greek. You must not allow either your human nature or fear of persecution to turn you back to the old ways! Difficult Bible Passages: 1 Peter 4:8 Feb 2, 2016 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. 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. 1 Peter 4:8(NASB) Verse Thoughts The warm gentleness and tender-hearted forgiveness in Paul's chapter on love, in 1 Corinthians 13, identifies LOVE as the foundational fruit of the Spirit, from which all other gifts and graces grow. 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. From now on. "for one another" Notice the threefold use of "one another" (cf. Start Here! 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. But to use this text as a justification for what the Bible clearly condemns as sin is a terrible case of Scripture twisting. ‘but for the will of God.’-Even during trials and hardship, the ‘will of God’ is still an absolute standard for the Christian. To the lusts of men; controlled by sinful inclinations. 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. Don’t be surprised, he says, at the fiery trial that you are experiencing. The context for this verse (vv. 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). The course of good living is thus to begin with the former, but we are to advance to the latter. 1:22; 3:8). 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