1 Peter 4 Resources

 

1 Peter: Trials, Holy Living & The Lord's Coming
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Chart from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission
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HENRY ALFORD

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

GREG ALLEN

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 End-Time Preparations

AMERICAN BAPTIST

• 1 Peter Lesson Commentary - nice

PAUL APPLE

• 1 Peter Commentary in Pdf format

JACK ARNOLD

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Before and After
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Conduct in View of Christ's Coming
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Suffering for the Name of Jesus

BILL BALDWIN

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 - "Suffering with Christ, Waiting for Judgment"
• 1 Peter 4:7 - "The End of All Things"
• 1 Peter 4:8,9 - "The Power of Love"
• 1 Peter 4:10,11 - "Gifts for Each Other from God"
• 1 Peter 4:12,13 - "Surprised by Suffering"
• 1 Peter 4:14-19 - "The Inevitability of Judgment"

WILLIAM BARCLAY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

TONY BARTOLUCCI

• 1 Peter 4:1-2 Armed for Suffering (Part 1)
• 1 Peter 4:3 Armed for Suffering (Part 2)
• 1 Peter 4:3-5 Armed for Suffering (Part 3)
• 1 Peter 4:6 Armed for Suffering (Part 4) - The Error of Universalism, I
• 1 Peter 4:6 Armed for Suffering (Part 5) - The Error of Universalism, II
• 1 Peter 4:6 Armed for Suffering (Part 6) - The Error of Universalism, III
• 1 Peter 4:7a Between a Hard Place and The Rock: Living in Light of Christ's Coming (Part 1)
• 1 Peter 4:7b-8 Between a Hard Place and The Rock: Living in Light of Christ's Coming (Part 2)
• 1 Peter 4:8-9 Between a Hard Place and The Rock: Living in Light of Christ's Coming (Part 3)
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 Between a Hard Place and The Rock: Living in Light of Christ's Coming (Part 4)
• 1 Peter 4:12 No Strangers to Suffering (Part 1)
• 1 Peter 4:13-14 No Strangers to Suffering (Part 2)
• 1 Peter 4:15-19 No Strangers to Suffering (Part 3)
• 1 Peter 4:1-6 - exegetical notes
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 - exegetical notes
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 - exegetical notes

ALBERT BARNES

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

BRIAN BELL

• 1 Peter 4 Sermon Notes
• 1 Peter 4 Suffering, Serving, Sharing 

CHRIS BENFIELD

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 The End is at Hand
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 To Whom Much is Given
• 1 Peter 4:17-19 Judgment is Certain

JOHANN BENGEL

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 Commentary - more English notes

BIBLE.ORG RESOURCES

• 1 Peter 4

CHARLES BIGG

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

CHURCH PULPIT COMMENTARY (JAMES NISBET)

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR

• 1 Peter 4 Illustrations

JIM BOMKAMP

• 1 Peter 4

GREGORY BROWN

• 1 Peter 4:1–6 Prepared To Suffer For Righteousness
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living In View Of Eternity
• 1 Peter 4:12–19 The Christian’s Response To Suffering For Christ

JOHN BROWN

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:7 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:8-11 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Commentary

JOHN CALVIN

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

CAMBRIDGE BIBLE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES - E H Plumptre

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

CAMBRIDGE GREEK TESTAMENT

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

OSWALD CHAMBERS

• 1 Peter 4:13 Partakers of His Sufferings
• 1 Peter 4:17 Judgment on the Abyss of Love
• 1 Peter 4:19 The Sacrament Of The Saint

VINCENT CHEUNG

• 1 Peter Commentary 178 pages

CHURCH PULPIT COMMENTARY (JAMES NISBET)

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

D MARION CLARK - average about 10 pages per Word Doc - look good

• 1 Peter 4.1-6 Living for the Will of God
• 1 Peter 4.7-11 Living to the Praise of God
• 1 Peter 4.12-19 Living through Suffering

ADAM CLARKE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary 

STEVEN COLE

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Intent On Holiness
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 The Church's Conduct In The End Times
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Hard Lessons About Hard Times

THOMAS CONSTABLE

• 1 Peter 4 Expository Notes

W A CRISWELL

• 1 Peter 4:17-18 Judgment at the House of God
• 1 Peter 4:17-18 Judgment at the House of God
• 1 Peter 4:17-18 The Judgment of God

RON DANIEL

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Denying The Flesh
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Using Your Gifts
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Your Fiery Trial

SAMUEL DAVIES - A funeral sermon by Samuel Davies, August 21, 1756

• 1 Peter 4:17-18 Saints Saved with Difficulty; and the Certain Perdition of the Wicked

DEFENDER'S STUDY BIBLE - Henry Morris - notes on KJV

• 1 Peter 4:1 same mind
• 1 Peter 4:3 when we walked
• 1 Peter 4:6 to them that are dead
• 1 Peter 4:7 at hand
• 1 Peter 4:8 cover the multitude of sins
• 1 Peter 4:10 gift stewards
• 1 Peter 4:12 strange thing
• 1 Peter 4:13 partakers exceeding joy
• 1 Peter 4:16 suffer as a Christian
• 1 Peter 4:17 house of God obey not the gospel
• 1 Peter 4:19 faithful Creator

BOB DEFFINBAUGH

• 1 Peter 3:13-4:6 A New Slant on Suffering
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living on the Edge of Eternity
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 A Final Word on Suffering

JOHN DUMMELOW

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

MARK DUNAGAN

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

DAN DUNCAN

• 1 Peter 4:1-11 The End Is Near
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Trial By Fire

EASY ENGLISH COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter Commentary - More Precious Than Gold

EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

EXPOSITOR'S DICTIONARY OF TEXTS

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

G F C FRONMULLER (1900)

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary (Lange's Commentary Series)

A C GAEBELEIN

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary (scroll down)

GENE GETZ - principles from the respective passages

• 1 Peter 3:18-4:19; Christian Suffering: When we suffer because of our Christian faith, we should draw strength from Christ's sufferings. Video

JOHN GILL

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

BRUCE GOETTSCHE

• 1 Peter 4:1-11 Faith in Action

DOUG GOINS

• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Significance And Suffering
• 1 Peter 5:6-11 Satan And Suffering

DAVID GUZIK

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

J A HART

• 1 Peter 4 Exposition

MATTHEW HENRY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

D EDMOND HIEBERT

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living in the Light of Christ's Return - Exposition

F B HOLE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

HOLMAN

• Holman Christian Standard Bible Study Bible -  Well done conservative notes. Includes access to Holman NT Commentary on each Gospel (see Library in left gutter).

DAVID HOLWICK

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 "Don't Do What They Do"
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 "You Are Gifted!"
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 The Gifts of Giving
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 "God Will Start With YOU"

HOMILETICS FROM PULPIT COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

JOHNNY HUNT

• 1 Peter 4:12-14 The Purpose And Power In Suffering

INTO THY WORD -  NOTES - Richard J. Krejcir

• 1 Peter 4:1-11 We Are To Have the Attitude of Christ!
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 We May Suffer for Faithfully Being in Him!

H A IRONSIDE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

JAMIESON, FAUSSET, BROWN 

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 Commentary - unabridged

WILLIAM KELLEY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

DENNIS JOHNSON

• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Fire in God's house: imagery from Malachi 3 in Peter's theology of suffering JETS 29.3 Sept 1986) 285-294

J H JOWETT

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 The Suffering Which Means Triumph.
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Getting Ready for the End.
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 The Fiery Trial.

STEVE KRELOFF

• 1 Peter Sermon Series - only in Mp3 but excellent exposition

• Suffering And A Separated Life - 1 Peter 4:1-6
• Godly Living In The End Times - 1 Peter 4:7-11 
• The Fiery Ordeal - 1 Peter 4:12-19

PAUL E KRETZMANN

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

DAVID LEGGE

• 1 Peter 4:12-13 Fiery Trials

ROBERT LEIGHTON

• 1 Peter 4:1
• 1 Peter 4:2,3
• 1 Peter 4:4,5
• 1 Peter 4:6
• 1 Peter 4:7
• 1 Peter 4:8
• 1 Peter 4:9
• 1 Peter 4:10
• 1 Peter 4:11
• 1 Peter 4:12,13
• 1 Peter 4:14-16
• 1 Peter 4:17
• 1 Peter 4:18
• 1 Peter 4:19

MARTIN LUTHER

• Epistles of St. Peter & St. Jude Preached & Explained by Martin Luther

GORDON LYONS

• 1 Peter Expository Notes

JOHN MACARTHUR

• 1 Peter 4:1 The Memory that Shuns Sin Pt 1
• 1 Peter 4:2-6 The Memory that Shuns Sin Pt 2
• 1 Peter 4:1-5 Breaking Sin's Grip
• 1 Peter 4:7 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World, Pt. 1 Sermon
• 1 Peter 4:7 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World - Pt 1 Study Guide (see dropdown)
• 1 Peter 4:7-9 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World, Pt. 2 - Sermon
• 1 Peter 4:7-9 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World - Pt 2 Study Guide (see dropdown)
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World, Pt 3 - Sermon
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World - Pt 3 Study Guide (see dropdown)
• 1 Peter 4:12-14 The Fiery Trial-Pt 1 - Study Guide (see dropdown)
• 1 Peter 4:15-19 The Fiery Trial, Pt. 2 - Sermon
• 1 Peter 4:15-19 The Fiery Trial-Pt 2 - Study Guide (see dropdown)

JOHN MACDUFF, 1870

• 1 Peter 4:1 The Mind of Jesus

ALEXANDER MACLAREN

• 1 Peter 4:1-8 Christian Asceticism

BRYN MACPHAIL

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 To God Be The Glory
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 A New Power Source
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 A New Perspective On Suffering

HENRY MAHAN - Commentary and sermons

• 1 Peter 4 - Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:7-13 The End of All Things Is at hand - Sermon

D MARTYN LLOYD-JONES - Mp3 from one of the master expositors of all time!

• 1 Peter 4:1-5 Two Views of Life

JAMES MCCULLEN

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Being Christ like.
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 End Times Conduct.
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Four Votes about Suffering.

J VERNON MCGEE

• 1 Peter 4 Commenary - Mp3's

F B MEYER

• 1 Peter 4:19a A Faithful Creator
• 1 Peter 4:1-2 One With Him in Death
• 1 Peter 4:3-7 The Breath of Eternity
• 1 Peter 4:8 Love Covering Sins
• 1 Peter 4:11 The Motive of Our Lives
• 1 Peter 4:12-14 Not So Strange
• 1 Peter 4:1 Our Daily Homily
• 1 Peter 4:13-16 Our Daily Homily

J R MILLER

• 1 Peter 4:8 Devotional

MONERGISM

• 1 Peter 4 Sermons in Mp3

JAMES MOFFATT

• 1 Peter - Everyman's NT Commentary - Verse by Verse Comments

G CAMPBELL MORGAN

• 1 Peter 4:16

ROBERT MORGAN

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Ministry: Shaped for Serving God

ROBERT NEIGHBOUR

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

NET BIBLE NOTES

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary Notes

WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 1862

• 1 Peter 4:19 The Christian's Duty Under Trials

RAY ORTLUND

• 1 Peter 4:7-19 How to Suffer Well - Part 10

OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONALS

• 1 Peter 4:1 A Cure For Self-Pity
• 1 Peter 4:1-2 Make It Count
• 1 Peter 4:1-11 “No Grace”
• 1 Peter 4:1-5 Against The Flow
• 1 Peter 4:4
• 1 Peter 4:4a
• 1 Peter 4:10
• 1 Peter 4:10 Help With A Home Run
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 You Can't Beat The Price
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 A Bouquet Of Praise
• 1 Peter 4:7-11Stay Close
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Corine
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 In Harmony
• 1 Peter 4:7-14 The Best Room
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Deliver The Goods
• 1 Peter 4:8  A Blanket for Everyone
• 1 Peter 4:8 Behind The Building
• 1 Peter 4:9 A Warm Welcome
• 1 Peter 4:9 Pursuing Hospitality
• 1 Peter 4:10 It's Not Me
• 1 Peter 4:10. The Boat
• 1 Peter 4:10 A Steward Of Grace
• 1 Peter 4:11 You Have Purpose
• 1 Peter 4:12 Surprised by Trials
• 1 Peter 4:12 Trouble
• 1 Peter 4:12-13 For His Glory
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Trouble - 2
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Bull Sharks
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 No Need To Panic
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 No Regrets
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Bowling A Googley
• 1 Peter 4:13 How to Bloom
• 1 Peter 4:15 Suffering For What's Right
• 1 Peter 4:16 The Persecuted Church
• 1 Peter 4:19 Nothing To Do But Pray
• 1 Peter 4:19: When You're Betrayed
• 1 Peter 4:19b

PASTORLIFE (Baptist)

• 1 Peter 4:12-14 The Purpose And Power In Suffering

PETER PETT

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

JOHN PIPER

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Arming Yourself with the Purpose to Suffer
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 God in Everything at the End of the Age
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 Spiritual Gifts
• 1 Peter 4:12-1The Holy Spirit will Help You Die
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Why We Can Rejoice in Suffering

EDWARD HAYES PLUMPTRE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary (Cambridge Commentary Series)

MATTHEW POOLE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

RAY PRITCHARD

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 Going Against the Flow
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Day Before the End of the World
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Never Be Surprised by Hard Times

PREACHER'S HOMILETICAL

• 1 Peter 4 Critical and Exegetical Notes-scroll down for entries below
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Homiletics
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Suggestive Notes and Sermon Sketches
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Homiletics
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Suggestive Notes and Sermon Sketches
• 1 Peter 4 Illustrations to Chapter 4

PRECEPTAUSTIN - 1 Peter 4

• 1 Peter 4 :1 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 :2 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 :3 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 :4 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 :5 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4 :6 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:7 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:8 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:9 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:10 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:11 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:12 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:13 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:14 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:15 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:16 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:17 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:18 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:19 Commentary

PRECEPT MINISTRIES

• 1 Peter: Download lesson 1 of 12

PULPIT COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter 4 Exposition - scroll down for Homilies listed below
• 1 Peter 4:10 Gifts and Service
• 1 Peter 4:10 Stewardship
• 1 Peter 4:11 Christian Speech
• 1 Peter 4:12,13 Trials
• 1 Peter 4:12-14 The Christian's Fiery Trial
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Suffering
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Fiery Trial Among the Christians
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 The Joyous Aspect of Suffering for Christ a Help

JAMES QUIGGLE COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter Commentary - 219 pages

RBC MINISTRIES

• Knowing God Through 1 Peter
• Simon Peter: A Rock Moved By God

REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE

• 1 Pet 4:1
• 1 Pet 4:3
• 1 Pet 4:6
• 1 Pet 4:7
• 1 Pet 4:8
• 1 Pet 4:9
• 1 Pet 4:10
• 1 Pet 4:13
• 1 Pet 4:18

GRANT RICHISON- Verse by Verse

• 1 Peter 4:1
• 1 Peter 4:1b
• 1 Peter 4:1c
• 1 Peter 4:1d
• 1 Peter 4:2
• 1 Peter 4:2b
• 1 Peter 4:3
• 1 Peter 4:3b
• 1 Peter 4:3c
• 1 Peter 4:3d
• 1 Peter 4:3e
• 1 Peter 4:3f
• 1 Peter 4:3g
• 1 Peter 4:3h
• 1 Peter 4:4
• 1 Peter 4:4b
• 1 Peter 4:4c
• 1 Peter 4:5
• 1 Peter 4:5b
• 1 Peter 4:6
• 1 Peter 4:6b
• 1 Peter 4:7
• 1 Peter 4:7b
• 1 Peter 4:7c
• 1 Peter 4:7d
• 1 Peter 4:7e
• 1 Peter 4:8
• 1 Peter 4:8b
• 1 Peter 4:8c
• 1 Peter 4:9
• 1 Peter 4:9b
• 1 Peter 4:9c
• 1 Peter 4:10 4:10b 4:10c 4:10d
• 1 Peter 4:11 11b 11c 11d 11e 11f 11g 11h 11i
• 1 Peter 4:12 4:12b 4:12c 4:12d 4:12e
• 1 Peter 4:13 4:13b 4:13c 4:13d 4:13e

RON RITCHIE

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 How Can We Overcome Temptation In The Midst Of Suffering?
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 What Should Be Our Lifestyle In These Last Days?
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 What Is God Doing To Us In Our Present Suffering?

A T ROBERTSON

• 1 Peter 4: Greek Word Studies

DON ROBINSON

• 1 Peter 4:8 How to Give Criticism
• 1 Peter 4:12-13 Encouraged in Our Christian Walk

ADRIAN ROGERS - devotional

• 1 Peter 4:7 Can We Hasten the Second Coming of Christ?

DAVE ROPER

• 1 Peter 3:8-4:6: Dead Men Don't Sin
• 1 Peter 4:7-11: When the End's in Sight
• 1 Peter 4:12-19: When Strange Things Happen to You

ROB SALVATO

• 1 Peter 4:1-11 Having The Mind Of Christ
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Insights Into Suffering

RAYMOND SAXE - Fellowship Bible Church sermons - several links do not work

• 1 Peter 4:1-6 (pdf)
• 1 Peter 4:7 (pdf)
• 1 Peter 4:7-11 (pdf)
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 (pdf)

PHILLIP SCHAFF

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

SERMONS VERSE BY VERSE - older expositors

• 1 Peter 4 Sermons Verse by Verse

SERMON BIBLE COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

CHARLES SIMEON

• 1 Peter 4 Sermons - Scroll Down for sermons on chapter/verse
• 1 Peter 4:3 A Worldly Life to Be Relinquished
• 1 Peter 4:7 Nearness to Death a Motive to Watchfulness
• 1 Peter 4:8 The Duty and Office of Christian Love
• 1 Peter 4:12-16 Persecution for Christ's Sake
• 1 Peter 4:17 The End of Unbelievers
• 1 Peter 4:18 The Difficulty of Salvation
• 1 Peter 4:19 Advice to the Persecuted or Tempted

CHUCK SMITH COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary
• 1 Peter 4:10 Glory to God
• 1 Peter 4:17, 18 Now is the Hour
• 1 Peter 4:17, 18 If So What Then

JAMES SMITH - HANDFULS ON PURPOSE, 1943

• The following studies are available on this page.

• ARMED. 1 Peter 4:1-6
• HELPS TO THE PRAYER LIFE. 1 Peter 4:7
• LOVE. 1 Peter 4:8-11
• INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUFFERING ONES. 1 Peter 4:12-19

SPIRIT AND TRUTH COMMENTARY

• 1 Peter (Brief) Commentary

R C SPROUL - LIGONIER MINISTRY - DEVOTIONALS

• 1 Peter 4:1–2 Arm Yourselves
• 1 Peter 4:3–5 The Time That Is Past
• 1 Peter 4:6 Even to the Dead
• 1 Peter 4:7 The End of All Things
• 1 Peter 4:8–9 Love One Another
• 1 Peter 4:10–11 Serve One Another
• 1 Peter 4:12–13 Rejoice and Be Glad
• 1 Peter 4:14 The Spirit of Glory
• 1 Peter 4:14 The Spirit of Glory
• 1 Peter 4:15 Deserved Suffering
• 1 Peter 4:16 Be Not Ashamed
• 1 Peter 4:17 Judgment Begins
• 1 Peter 4:18–19 Entrust Your Soul

C H SPURGEON EXPOSITIONS

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

C H SPURGEON SERMON

• 1 Peter 4:1-3 Luminous Words 
• 1 Peter 4:18 Sermon Notes: Is So, What Then?
• 1 Peter 4:18 If So, - What Then?

JOHN STEVENSON

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living on the Edge

JOSEPH SUTCLIFFE

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

RON TEED

• 1 Peter 4:1-2 Free from Sin's Power
• 1 Peter 4:3-11 Serve and Love One Another
• 1 Peter 4:12-19 Suffering for God's Glory

THIRD MILLENNIUM

• Kingdom Suffering for God's Glory - 1 Peter 4:1-11
• Christ suffered - 1 Peter 4:1-2
• Spent enough time sinning - 1 Peter 4:3-5
• The gospel was preached - 1 Peter 4:6
• The end of all things is near - 1 Peter 4:7
• Above all, love each other deeply - 1 Peter 4:8-11
• Kingdom Suffering With Christ - 1 Peter 4:12-19
• Rejoice - 1 Peter 4:12-16
• Time for judgment . . . family of God - 1 Peter 4:17
• Hard for the righteous to be saved - 1 Peter 4:18
• Suffer according to God's will - 1 Peter 4:19

TODAY IN THE WORD

• 1 Peter 4:1-11
• 1 Peter 4:7-11
• 1 Peter 4:12-19
• 1 Peter 4:13

JOHN TRAPP

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

BOB UTLEY

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

MARVIN VINCENT

• 1 Peter 4: Greek Word Studies

DANIEL WHEDON

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

OCTAVIUS WINSLOW

• 1 Peter 4:12, 13 Devotional
• 1 Peter 4:13 Devotional

NATHANIEL MARSHMAN WILLIAMS

• 1 Peter 4 Commentary

STEVE ZEISLER

• 1 Peter 3:8-4:5 Living the Good Life
• 1 Peter 4:7-18 The End is Near

SERMONS BY VERSE

Christian Asceticism	Alexander Maclaren	1 Peter 4:1
Cardinal Truths	J. J. S. Bird.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Christ the Grand Necessity of Man	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Christ's Sufferings	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Coming to Judgment	R. Finlayson	1 Peter 4:1-6
Conformity with Christ	Abp. Leighton.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Ecce Homo	A. Rowland, LL. B.	1 Peter 4:1-6
God's Win		1 Peter 4:1-6
Living to God's Will	U. R. Thomas.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Men's Lusts Opposed to God's Will	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Sin Pierced	J. Trapp.	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Flesh Rightly Used	G. Calthrop.	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Rest of His Time in the Flesh	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Right Use of the Residue of Our Time	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Time in the Flesh	Homilist	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Will of God	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:1-6
Will of God	John Bate.	1 Peter 4:1-6
The Persecuted Christian Reminded of the Necessity of Suffering for Righteousness	C. New	1 Peter 4:1-7
The Time Past, a Sermon for the Last Day of the Year	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:3
A Sinner Changed by Grace	G. Burder.	1 Peter 4:3-5
Amusements	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 Peter 4:3-5
Christian Consistency	The Evangelist	1 Peter 4:3-5
Counteracting the Good	H. F. Kohlbrugge, D. D.	1 Peter 4:3-5
Departed Years	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 Peter 4:3-5
Excess of Riot	C. Wordsworth.	1 Peter 4:3-5
Pleasure	T. Adams.	1 Peter 4:3-5
The Consideration of Misspent Time an Incentive to Repentance	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:3-5
The Old Year and the New	H. W. Beecher.	1 Peter 4:3-5
The Pleasures of a Holy Life Inexplicable to the Ungodly	J. Spencer.	1 Peter 4:3-5
The Voice of the Past	A London Suburban Minister	1 Peter 4:3-5
Living to the Will of God	U.R. Thomas	1 Peter 4:3-6
Waiting for the End	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:7
The Persecuted Christian Reminded of the Necessity of Suffering for Righteousness	C. New	1 Peter 4:1-7
A Solemn Fact and Urgent Duty	U.R. Thomas	1 Peter 4:7, 8
Above All Things -- Love	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
As and So -- the Method of Ministry	W. H. M. H. Aitken, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Charity Covering a Multitude of Sins	T. Ainger, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Charity Covering Faults	Great Thoughts	1 Peter 4:7-11
Christian Sobriety	C. Vince.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Christian Stewardship	A. L. Simpson, D. D.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Dissuasives from Uncharitableness	H. W. Beecher.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Duty	Hugh Ross.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Duty in View of the Nearness of the End	R. Finlayson	1 Peter 4:7-11
Fervent Charity	P. Witherspoon.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Fervent Charity	W. H. Hutchings, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Gifts	Homiletic Quarterly	1 Peter 4:7-11
Gifts and Responsibility	Bishop of Lichfield.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Gifts to be Communicated for the Good of Others	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:7-11
God Glorified by Christ	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
God's Gifts and Their Purpose	Canon Vernon Hutton.	1 Peter 4:7-11
God's Gifts and Their Use	T. Griffith, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
How Christians May Glorify God		1 Peter 4:7-11
In What a Variety of Ways We May Serve and Benefit Others	G. J. Zollikofer.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Love Covereth All Sins	J. Vaughan, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Love Covers Sins	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Love Must be Fervent	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Mutual Obligations	J. N. Pearson, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Personal Christliness	Homilist	1 Peter 4:7-11
Receiving and Ministering	J. Trapp.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Reflected Glory	A. Maclaren, D. D.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Soberness and Watchfulness	D. Moore, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Christian Stewardship	Dean Alford.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The End of All Things	Pulpit Studies	1 Peter 4:7-11
The End of All Things At Hand	W. J. Armstrong.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Greatness of Love	P. H. Sharpe.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Idea and Duty of Human Life	W. L. Watkinson.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Import and Application of Glorifying God Through Jesus Christ	J. B. Beard.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Nearness of Eternity	G. S. Noel, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Nearness of Eternity	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Oracles of God	W. G. Barrett.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Preaching of the Word	Abp. Leighton.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Preeminence of Charity	F. W. Robertson, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
The Warmth of Hospitality	Scientific Illustrations	1 Peter 4:7-11
Uugrudging Hospitality	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Waiting for the End	H. J. Wilmot Buxton, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Watch unto Prayer	G. F. Prescott, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Watchfulness and Prayerfulness	J. T. Shedd, D. D.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Watchfulness Associated with Prayerfulness	J. Imrie, M. A.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Watching for Answers to Prayer	J. Edmond, D. D.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Watching in Relation to Prayer	C. Vince.	1 Peter 4:7-11
Fervent Love	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:8
The Persecuted Christian Reminded of the Help of Brotherly Love	C. New	1 Peter 4:8-11
Christian Love as a Service	U.R. Thomas	1 Peter 4:9-11
Gifts and Service	A. Maclaren	1 Peter 4:10
Stewardship	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:10
Christian Speech	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:11
Trials	J.R. Thomson	1 Peter 4:12, 13
The Christian's Fiery Trial	U.R. Thomas	1 Peter 4:12-14
A Hint to Meddlers	Scientific Illustrations	1 Peter 4:12-16
A Rejoicing Heart	Abp. Leighton.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Afflictions are Trials	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Mind Your Own Business	Great Thoughts	1 Peter 4:12-16
Not So Strange	F. B. Meyer, B. A.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Participation in Christ's Sufferings	Bp. Boyd Carpenter.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Participation in the Sufferings of Christ	J. Caird, D. D.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Righteous and Evil Suffering	J. J. S. Bird, B. A.	1 Peter 4:12-16
The Busybody	H. Melvill, B. D.	1 Peter 4:12-16
The Christian's Persecutions	J. J. S. Bird, B. A.	1 Peter 4:12-16
The Proper Temper of Christians in Affliction	The Evangelist	1 Peter 4:12-16
Trial no Strange Thing to the Christian	H. Melvill, B. D.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Trials no Strange Thing	N. L. Frothingham.	1 Peter 4:12-16
Fiery Trial Among the Christians	R. Finlayson	1 Peter 4:12-19
The Joyous Aspect of Suffering for Christ a Help to Persecuted Christians	C. New	1 Peter 4:12-19
Suffering, Shameful and Glorious	U.R. Thomas	1 Peter 4:15-19
The Character and Privileges of a Christian	J. Parsons.	1 Peter 4:16-19
The Christian Described	W. Jay.	1 Peter 4:16-19
The Pious Sufferer Exhorted to Glorify God	Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons	1 Peter 4:16-19
The Two-Fold Sorrow	E. J. Hardy, M. A.	1 Peter 4:16-19
A Faithful Creator	W. Braden.	1 Peter 4:17-19
A Solemn Appeal	The Christian Magazine	1 Peter 4:17-19
Afflictions Amongst the People of God	John Rogers.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Difficulties in the Pursuit	R. Hall, M. A.	1 Peter 4:17-19
God's Faithfulness	Newman Smyth.	1 Peter 4:17-19
God's Judgment of the World	Homilist	1 Peter 4:17-19
If So -- What Then	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Judgment Beginning At the House of God	J. Trapp.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Judgments of Grace	J. P. Lange.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Salvation Difficult to the Christian	C. G. Finney.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Saved with Difficulty	D. A. Clark.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Scarcely Saved	W. L. Watkinson.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Christian's Duty Under Trials	The Lay Preacher	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Church's Visitation	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Church's Visitation	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Criminality and the Consequences of Unbelief	J. Alexander.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Difficulties of Salvation	Abp. Leighton.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Difficulties that are to be Encountered in the Way of Salvation	Bp. Stillingfleet.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Difficulty of Salvation	C. H. Coleman.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Difficulty of Salvation	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The End of the Disobedient	Homilist	1 Peter 4:17-19
The End of the Ungodly	Pryce Thomas.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Faithful Creator	J. C. Finlayson.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Keeping of the Soul	The Evangelist	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Righteous Scarcely Saved	T. De Witt Talmage.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Righteous Scarcely Saved, and the Misery of the Wicked	J. Sedgfield.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Saint's Hiding Place in the Evil Day	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Salvation of the Righteous Difficult	T. Hannam.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Salvation of the Sinner Impossible	C. H. Coleman.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Sin and Danger of not Obeying the Gospel	Pulpit Studies	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Soul's Refuge	T. Adams.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Support of Good Men Under Their Sufferings for Religion	Abp. Tillotson.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Ultimate Destiny of the Wicked	Homilist	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Ungodly's Misery	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Tranquillity in Suffering	Abp. Leighton.	1 Peter 4:17-19
What is the Doom of Those Who Die Impenitent	A. G. Brown.	1 Peter 4:17-19
Why God Will have the Righteous with Such Difficulty Saved	R. Sibbes.	1 Peter 4:17-19
The Sufferer's Wisdom and Peace	A. Maclaren	1 Peter 4:19