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Judgment as Purification
Commentators clarify that the "judgment" starting with God's house is not eternal condemnation for believers, whose sins are covered by Christ. Instead, it refers to purifying trials, persecutions, and divine discipline. As multiple scholars note, God uses suffering like a refining fire to test, strengthen, and purify the faith of His people.
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1 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 4:17
18th Century
Theologian
For the time has come. This means that this is now to be expected. There is reason to think that this trial will now occur, and there is a…
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 4:17
For the time is come (οτ ο καιρος). No predicate, probably εστιν (is) to be supplied. The phrase that follows comes from the visio…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 4:17
19th Century
Bishop
For the time is come.—The “for” (literally, because) seems to substantiate the whole of the previous part of the…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 4:17
19th Century
Preacher
And if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
If the wheat is winnowed, what is to bec…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 4:17
Paul said, “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22). Before the full unfolding of the messianic kin…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 4:17
16th Century
Theologian
For the time is come, or, Since also the time is come. He amplifies the consolation that the goodness of the cause for which we s…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 4:17
17th Century
Pastor
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house
of God
By the house of G…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 4:12–19
17th Century
Minister
Through patience and fortitude in suffering, dependence on God's promises, and adherence to the word the Holy Spirit has revealed, the Holy Spirit …