1 Peter 4

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1. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   Charity cites 1 Peter iv. 8

   …have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins." (1 Peter iv. 8.) Let us hear what our Lord Jesus Christ Himself says about that love, which is only…

2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites 1 Pet. 4:8

   …and again, “love covereth all sins,” (Prov. 10:12). This sentiment is confirmed by Peter (1 Pet. 4:8). Also in Luke, our Lord says of the woman that was a sinner, “Her sins, which are many…

3. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

   The Broken Fence cites 1 Peter 4:18

   …“If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” (1 Peter 4:18, ESV). Salvation is entirely of grace; but grace does not produce laziness or…

4. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

   The Holy Spirit in the Epistles of Peter cites 1 Peter 4:14

   …in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." III. THE SPIRIT OF GLORY. 1 Peter 4:14, "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and…

5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 1 Pet 4: 12

   …more unsavoury. Use one. (1) We are not to wonder to see Israel in the house of bondage. 1 Pet 4: 12. The holiness of the saints will not excuse them from sufferings. Christ was the holy one…

6. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd · David Brainerd

   From his being licensed to preach, till he was commissioned as a Missionary cites 1 Pet. 4:8

   …30.-Nov. 25, 1742. July 30, 1742.—“Rode from Danbury to Southbury; preached there, from 1 Pet. 4:8. Had much of the comfortable presence of God in the exercise. I seemed to have power with…

7. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites 1 Peter 4:12–13

   …of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” 1 Peter 4:12–13 — “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test…

8. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

   It All Belongs to God cites 1 Peter 4:10

   …a gift; use it to serve one another, as good managers of the richly varied grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10). This changes the question we ask about money. An owner asks, “What do I want to do with…

9. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

   Peter's Repentance cites 1 Pet. 4:14

   …the name of Christ, happy are ye, for the Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon you” (1 Pet. 4:14), then I say that it is not the old Peter, but that is the very Spirit of Christ…

10. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

    Help in the Fires cites 1 PETER 4:12–13

    …happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. 1 PETER 4:12–13 Julia Foote’s life was not a triumphal procession. She lost the sight of an eye as a…

11. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites 1 Peter 4:14

    …XXIII. The Spirit of Glory The Holy Spirit is called “the Spirit of glory” in 1 Peter 4:14, “If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of…

12. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Helen Roseveare — The Doctor Who Called Suffering a Privilege cites 1 Peter 4:12–13

    …in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:12–13, NIV). She had participated in the suffering. The glory was still coming. She went back…

13. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites 1 Pet. 4:18

    …could, he went, as we say, with many a hungry belly the most part of the rest of the way. 1 Pet. 4:18. Hopeful: But is it not a wonder they got not from him his certificate, by which he was…

14. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    The Man of Sorrows in Ravensbrück cites 1 PETER 4:12–13

    …that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 PETER 4:12–13 She added a line from Paul’s letter to the Philippians, which she read in Tribulation…

15. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    Managing Money, Time, and Talents cites 1 Peter 4:10

    …and service. "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others." — 1 Peter 4:10 Do not bury your gift in fear or laziness. Use it, share it, and God will multiply it.…

16. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 5 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 20 — Your Gift cites 1 Peter 4:10

    …of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.” — 1 Peter 4:10 (BSB) Imagine getting an amazing birthday present, maybe a brand-new bike. But instead of…

17. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love and Conflict cites 1 Peter 4:16

    …suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.” 1 Peter 4:16 The Lord does not usually show us the entire path ahead. Therefore, we can only move…

18. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    Burning the Black and White cites 1 PETER 4:8

    …have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 PETER 4:8 Most of the forgiving any of us will ever be asked to do is of this second kind: a…

19. The Key Teachings of Amanda Berry Smith · Ochorus Originals

    I Belong to Jesus cites 1 PETER 4:12

    …the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. 1 PETER 4:12 Why does God permit such seasons? She gave two sound reasons: first, to develop the…

20. The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon · Ochorus Originals

    The Cross and the Refiner’s Fire cites 1 PETER 4:12–13

    …happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. 1 PETER 4:12–13 Madame Guyon did not write about suffering from a comfortable distance. She had been…

21. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    We Are Not Our Own cites 1 PETER 4:10

    …even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 PETER 4:10 This was not theory in Geneva. Calvin’s city was full of refugees, and he pressed the…

22. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

    Soar Like the Eagle cites 1 PETER 4:10

    …even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 PETER 4:10 His stories include a man with a burden for prayer who, once released to teach it, helped…

23. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    The Preacher in Bedford Gaol cites 1 PETER 4:10

    …even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 PETER 4:10 It is worth noticing the order. The church recognised the gift, tested it, prayed and…

24. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    Family Religion cites 1 PETER 4:9

    …it more often than we generally notice. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 1 PETER 4:9 A household where the faith is quietly practised, and to which people are regularly…

25. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Ministry of the Word cites 1 PETER 4:11

    …to do with him before he stood up. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God. 1 PETER 4:11 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Before you next teach, lead a study or even share a verse…

26. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What If My Faith Makes Me Unpopular? cites 1 Peter 4:4

    …with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you” (1 Peter 4:4). People can feel judged simply because you don’t do what they do, even when you haven’t…

27. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 8 — Of Bearing the Cross cites 1 Pet. 4:11

    …being that by which Christ desires to be glorified in us, as Peter also declares (1 Pet. 4:11, 14). But as to ingenuous natures, it is more bitter to suffer disgrace than a hundred…

28. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Signs of one truly bruised. Means and measure of bruising, and comfort to such cites 1 Pet. iv. 19

    …of his faithfulness unto us as his creatures, whence he is called a faithful Creator, 1 Pet. iv. 19; God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able, 1 Cor. x.…

29. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites 1 Pet. 4.10

    …the godly, both specified in the Word and other ancient histories (Act. 8.4; 18.24, 25; 1 Pet. 4.10; Rom. 12.6; Foxe’s Acts and Monuments). 271. Wherefore, though of myself of all the…

30. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Pet. 4:14

    …in the full assurance, and unspeakable joys of many of the martyrs. Agreeable to that, 1 Pet. 4:14, “If ye are reproached for the name of Christ happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory, and…

31. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 Pet. iv. 11

    …the ability that God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified in Jesus Christ." [1 Pet. iv. 11] Do you not here, Claudius, plainly perceive your high calling? Is he that speaketh to…

32. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites 1 Pet. 4:4

    …were taken away, and would no more run with them to “the same excess of riot.” (1 Pet. 4:4.) The men of reputation were offended, because, as the gospel spread, they declined in…

33. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites 1 Pet. 4:1

    …St. Paul here expresses in such variety of phrases, St. Peter expresses in that one: (1 Pet. 4:1, 2:) “He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin, — that he no longer should…

34. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Wilderness State cites 1 Peter 4:12

    …(to mention no more) which has been frequently cited in proof of the same doctrine, is 1 Peter 4:12: “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you.” But this…

35. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Heaviness through Manifold Temptations cites 1 Pet. 4:12

    …when his glory shall be revealed, ye may likewise rejoice with exceeding great joy.” (1 Pet. 4:12.) 2. Hence we learn, that the first and great end of God’s permitting the temptations…

36. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites I Pet 4:11

    …specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:11: ‘That God in all things may be glorified.’ The glory of God is a silver thread which…

37. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites 1 Pet. 4:3

    …is, “The time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles,” (1 Pet. 4:3). What if we come to examples? Was there any germ of righteousness in Rahab the harlot…

38. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites 1 Peter 4:11

    …the doctrine delivered by God. “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God” (1 Peter 4:11); that is, not hesitatingly, as those are wont whose convictions are imperfect, but with…

39. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Inspiration cites 1 Peter iv. 11

    …occasional blemishes, defects, and mistakes. (Acts vii. 38; Rom. iii. 2; Heb. v. 12; 1 Peter iv. 11; Ephes. iv. 8; Heb. i. 8; Acts xxviii. 25; Heb. iii. 7; x. 15; Rom. ix. 25.) Once grant…

40. At the Master's Feet · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering cites 1 Peter iv.12-13

    …furnace, which with all its raging had no power to hurt them (Dan. iii.23-5; 1 Peter iv.12-13). So those who by the baptism of the Holy Spirit have received the new life will never…

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