Looking carefully (επισκοπουντες). Present active participle of επισκοπεω, to have oversight, in N.T. only here and [Reference 1 P…

Looking diligently. This phrase implies close attention. It is implied that there are reasons why we should take special care. Those reaso…

Lest any man fail.—Rather, whether anyone is falling back from the grace of God. The defection of one member of the commu…

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men…

The verb rendered “see to it” (GK 2174) is an unusual one. It conveys the idea of oversight (the verb is connected with the noun we translate as “o…

Looking diligently, or, taking care, or, attentively providing, etc. By these words, he intimates that it is easy to fal…

Looking diligently
Acting the part of bishops, or overseers, as the word signifies; and so this exhortation either respects of…

A burden of affliction tends to make the Christian's hands hang down and his knees grow feeble, to dishearten and discourage him; but he must striv…

Having indicated how we should behave toward the enduring evils of chastisement, the Apostle now shows how we should act to avoid the evils of guil…