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1 Peter 4 — Sermon Preparation
Because Christ suffered in the flesh, believers are called to arm themselves with the same mindset and glorify God through the fiery trials they face. Below is a research summary for 1 Peter 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Peter 4 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πάσχω | páschō | G3958 | 4 | feel, passion, suffer, vex |
| σάρξ | sárx | G4561 | 4 | carnal, flesh |
| δόξα | dóxa | G1391 | 3 | dignity, glory, honour, praise |
| ξενίζω | xenízō | G3579 | 2 | entertain, lodge, strange |
| διακονέω | diakonéō | G1247 | 2 | minister, serve, use the office of a deacon |
| ἐπιθυμία | epithymía | G1939 | 2 | concupiscence, desire, lust |
| τέλος | télos | G5056 | 2 | continual, custom, end, finally |
How preachers through history handled this text
34 public-domain excerpts on 1 Peter 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“By patience and fortitude in suffering, by dependence on the promises of God, and keeping to the word the Holy Spirit hath revealed, the Holy Spirit is glorified; but by the contempt and reproaches cast upon believers, he is evil spoken of, and is blasphemed. One would think such cautions as these were needless to Christians. But their enemies falsely charged them with foul crimes. And even the best of men need to be warned against the worst of sins. There is no comfort in sufferings, when we bring them upon ourselves by our own sin and folly. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Peter 4:12–25 (Public Domain)
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