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Hilary of Arles

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

167 passages across 8 books of the Bible · Who was this?

Commentary

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  1. 1 Peter 4:6
    The gospel is preached to the Gentiles who are dead in sin, but this may also refer to the fact that when the Lord was buried in the tomb he went to preach to those who live in hell.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  2. 1 Peter 4:7
    Peter is saying that once the gospel has been preached to the Gentiles the end will have come.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  3. 1 Peter 4:12
    The trials and temptations which come to Christians are nothing new. The prophets of the Old Testament suffered exactly the same things. All such trials find their meaning and culmination in the cross of Christ. The servant is not greater than his master. If Christ suffered, how can we expect to get off any more lightly?

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  4. 1 Peter 4:15
    Our suffering must not be like that of the thief on the cross, who suffered because he was a murderer, even though he himself confessed that Christ had done no wrong. Nor should we be like Ananias and Sapphira, who tried to steal what belonged to God. Even less should we imitate Simon Magus, who denounced the apostles to Nero and who tried to buy their gifts with gold and silver.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  5. 1 Peter 4:16
    If you suffer as a Christian, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Think of James the son of Zebedee or Stephen. However awful the trials you suffer may be, learn to glory in them, not to be upset by them. Christ’s glory is revealed in the church when it suffers.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  6. 1 Peter 5:1
    It is by exhortation and constructive criticism that the flock of the Lord is to be set straight.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  7. 1 Peter 5:2
    Here Peter is telling the leaders of the church exactly what the Lord told him: “Feed my sheep.”

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  8. 1 Peter 5:3
    Even though you may have authority over the church in what you say or in the office which you occupy, you should never have a superior attitude toward others.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  9. 1 Peter 5:5
    By “young men” Peter means everyone who occupies a subordinate role in the church. But note that those who are superiors must also act humbly, for humility is what should be common to both.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  10. 1 Peter 5:9
    There is a world of difference between God and the devil. If you resist God, he will destroy you, but if you resist the devil, you will destroy him.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  11. 2 John 1:1
    The elect lady is clearly a church to which the letter is written. It is elect in faith and mistress of all virtues.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  12. 2 John 1:2
    By “truth” John is referring to the Holy Spirit, because love is always the work of the Spirit.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  13. 2 John 1:4
    The saints are always overjoyed to see the results of truth at work.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  14. 2 John 1:8
    Here John is warning people not to fall away into heresy or to revert back to the Old Testament law once they have received the New.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  15. 2 John 1:10
    Here you see an example of excommunication in the New Testament, both from table fellowship at home and from table fellowship in church.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  16. 2 John 1:13
    John unites the leaders of the churches in peace because they are sisters in the faith of the church and daughters of God by baptism.

    INTRODUCTORY OMMENTARY ON 2 JOHN

  17. 2 Peter 1:1
    In his second letter Peter describes himself both as Simon and as a servant, in order to show that he was humble and obedient. In his first letter he confined himself to the name Peter, which had been given to him by the Lord himself and signified that he was the chief of the apostles, but here he reverts to his original name Simon in order to show those who preferred to forget his Jewish origins that he had not rejected them.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

  18. 2 Peter 1:3
    Here Peter is talking about the Scriptures, the miracles which Christ did in the flesh, the work of baptism and the doctrine which was preached, all of which bring us into the enjoyment of eternal life.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

  19. 2 Peter 1:4
    Just as God stepped out of his nature to become a partaker of our humanity, so we are called to step out of our nature to become partakers of his divinity.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

  20. 2 Peter 1:9
    If these virtues are present, we can see God, but if they are absent, we are blind.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

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