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Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
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A Secure Deposit
Multiple commentators highlight that the word 'commit' is a banking term for depositing something valuable for safekeeping. This is the same concept Jesus used on the cross. When you suffer, you can entrust your very soul to God as a secure deposit, confident that He will faithfully guard what has been given to Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God. That is, who endure the kind of sufferings that He, by His providence, will …
Wherefore (ωστε). Picking up the thread of consolation again (Bigg).
Commit their souls (παρατιθεσθωσαν τα…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore.—Because the beginning of the judgment—the judgment of the Christians—is so light in comparison with the fearful end whe…
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Baptist
The main point of the chapter is that we should prefer any suffering of the flesh to the sin of the spirit; and that we should be prepared to endur…
The conclusion to this section is that the Christians who are suffering according to the divine will (1:6; 3:17) are to “commit [GK 4192] themselve…
16th Century
Protestant
Wherefore let them that suffer. He draws this conclusion: persecutions should be endured submissively, because in persecution, the conditi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God This is the conclusion ma…
Through patience and fortitude in suffering, dependence on God's promises, and adherence to the word the Holy Spirit has revealed, the Holy Spirit …
