[1]    Mark 1:29-31; 1 Corinthians 9:5.

[2]    Matthew 10; 16:13-21; 17:1-9; 24:1-7; 26:31-33; John 6:6; 21:3-7, 15-17.

[3]     John 7:35 and James 1:1.

[4]     1 Peter 1:14, 18; 2:9–10; 4:1–4.

[5]     1 Peter 2:19–23; 3:14–18; 4:1–4, 15–19.

[6]     1 Peter 1:6–7; 4:13–14; 5:10.

[7]      Ps. 84:11; 1 Peter 5:10.

[8]    1 Timothy 1:1; Col. 1:27.

[9]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 5:12.

[10]     Romans 8:17–18; Eph. 1:9–12.

[11]   Op Cit., Wiersbe 1 Pe 1:2.

[12]     Parentheses added.

[13]     1 Corinthians 4:9 and Ephesians 3:10.

[14]      Op Cit, Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:8

[15]     Gen. 12–13; Heb. 11:8–16.

[16]      Op Cit, Wiersbe, .1 Pe 1:5.

[17] 1 John 4:19; Romans 5:8.

[18] Lev. 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7, 26.

[19] Parentheses added.

[20] Rom. 5:1–10; 8:1–4; Col. 2:13.

[21] Rom. 14:10–12; 2 Cor. 5:9–10.

[22] Vincent, Marvin Richardson: Word Studies in the New Testament. Bellingham, WA:  2002, S. 1:637-     638.

[23] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:18.

[24]   1 Peter 2:21ff; 3:18; 4:1, 13; 5:1.

[25] Karleen, Paul S.: The Handbook to Bible Study : With a Guide to the Scofield Study System. New York : Oxford University Press,      1987.

[26] Op Cit, Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:13.

[27] Tan, Paul Lee: Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: A Treasury of Illustrations, Anecdotes, Facts and Quotations for Pastors, Teachers and Christian Workers. Garland TX : Bible Communications, 1996, c1979.

[28] Ibid.

[29] OP Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:22.

[30] Op Cit.,Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:22.

[31] Ibid.

[32] Willmington, H. L.: Willmington's Bible Handbook. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 1997, S. 769.

[33]    Richards, Larry: The Bible Reader's Companion. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1991, S. 880.

[34]    1 Cor. 3:1–4; Heb. 5:11–14.

[35]    Op. Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Pe 1:22.

[36]    cf 1 Peter 2:9; Heb. 4:16; Rev. 1:6.

[37]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary:  An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:845.

[38] 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18.

[39] Rom. 12:1–2 and Heb. 13:15–16.

[40] Carson, D. A.: New Bible Commentary : 21st Century Edition. 4th ed. Leicester, England;  Downers Grove, Ill., USA : Inter-Varsity     Press, 1994, S. 1 Pe 2:4.

[41] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of theScriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:845.

[42] 1 Cor. 3:11; Eph. 2:19–22.

[43] Matt. 21:42; cf# 21:43-46..

[44] Op Cit., Walvoord,  S. 2:845.

[45] Op Cit., Wiersbe, S. 1 Pe 2:4.

[46] Matt. 21:42ff; see Ps. 118:22.

[47] MacArthur, John, The MacArthur Study Bible, 1997 (Nashville) Word Bible, 1 Peter 2:9..

[48] Op Cit., Wiersbe, S. 1 Pe 2:9.

[49] Robertson, A.T.: Word Pictures in the New Testament. Oak Harbor: 1997, S. 1 Pe 2:1.

[50] Wuest, Kenneth S.: Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament  : For the English Reader. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1997, c1984, S. 1 Pe 2:11.

[51] Matt. 5:16; Eph. 2:10; Titus 3:8; James 2:18.

[52] Matt. 5:16; Rom. 15:6; 1 Cor. 6:20.

[53] Rom. 13:1-7; Titus 3:1-2.

[54] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:846.

[55] 1 Peter 1:17, phobou in 3:16, and phobon in 2 Cor. 7:11.

[56] 1 Peter 2:13, 14; Rom. 13:1.

[57] Isaiah 55:8-9.

[58] Luke 16:13; Rom. 14:4.

[59] Carson, D. A.: New Bible Commentary : 21st Century Edition. 4th ed. Leicester, England;  Downers Grove, Ill., USA : Inter-Varsity Press, 1994, S. 1 Pe 2:18.

[60] Ibid.

[61]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 2:18.

[62]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 2:18.

[63]    Phil. 2:25–30; 2 Cor. 12:1ff.

[64]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 2:18.

[65] Wuest, Kenneth S.: Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament: For the English Reader. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1997, c1984, S. 1 Pe 3:3.

[66] Carson, D. A.: New Bible Commentary : 21st Century Edition. 4th ed. Leicester, England;  Downers Grove, Ill., USA : Inter-Varsity Press, 1994, S. 1 Pe 3:1.

[67] Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4, 5; John 17:21, 22.

[68] Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 3:7.

[69] Ibid.

[70] Ibid.

[71] Carson, D. A.: New Bible Commentary : 21st Century Edition. 4th ed. Leicester, England;  Downers Grove, Ill., USA : Inter-Varsity Press, 1994, S. 1 Pe 3:1

[72] Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 3:7.

[73] Ibid.

[74] Ibid.

[75] Ibid.

[76] Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Ephesians 5:31.

[77] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 3:7.

[78] Ibid,

[79] Ibid.

[80] Ibid.

[81] Ibid.

[82]    Ibid.

[83]    Keener, Craig S. ;   InterVarsity Press: The IVP Bible Background Commentary : New Testament. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1993, S. 1 Pe 3:7.

[84]    Blessing includes such goods as vitality, health, longevity, fertility, and numerous children and descendants..

[85]    Hughes, Robert B. ;  Laney, J. Carl ;   Hughes, Robert B.: Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 2001 (The Tyndale Reference Library), S. 691.

[86] 1 Peter 1:22; 2:17; 4:8; 5:14.

[87] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 3:8.

[88]   Ibid.

[89] Ibid.

[90] Romans 12:17-21; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6.

[91] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 3:8.

[92]   Genesis 9:26, 27; 27:27-29, 39-40; 49; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28, and 1 Peter 3:9.

[93] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Pe 3:8.

[94] Ibid.

[95] Ibid.

[96] Ibid.

[97] Adapted from  Jesus, Hero of Thy Soul Howard, 1998). And quoted as Corporal Punishment (from Christianity Today online. Men Of Integrity.net, Nov/Dec, 2000, Thursday, Nov  16http://www.christianitytoday.com/moi/2000/006/nov/14.14.htm.                                                                                         

[98]    Anthropomorphisms.

[99]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:849.

[100]    Ibid.

[101] Parentheses added.

[102]    Op Cit, Wiersbe, 1 Pe 3:13.

[103]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:850.

[104] Op Cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 3:16.

[105] Ibid.

[106] Ibid.

[107] Ibid.

[108] Ibid.

[109] Ibid.

[110] Ibid.

[111] Ibid.

[112] Ibid.

[113] Ibid.

[114] Ibid.

[115] 1 Peter 2:15; 4:2, 19.

[116] 1 Peter 1:6; 2:15; 4:16, 19.  

[117] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:850.

[118] Practical Illustrations, 12-157, Blameless In Christ.

[119] Achtemeier, Paul J. ;  Harper & Row, Publishers ;  Society of Biblical Literature: Harper's Bible Dictionary. 1st ed. San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1985, S. 311.

[120]    Ibid.

[121]    Robertson, A.T.: Word Pictures in the New Testament. Oak Harbor : Logos Research Systems, 1997, S. 1 1 Pe          3:18.

[122]    Barnes' Notes on the New Testament. 1 Pe 3:18.

[123]   Op Cit., Barnes, 1 Pe.3:18.

[124]   Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34; cf. Ps 42:6.

[125]   Elwell, Walter A; Comfort, Philip Wesley: Tyndale Bible Dictionary. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers,         2001 (Tyndale Reference Library), S. 1216.

[126] Harris, R. Laird ;  Harris, Robert Laird ;  Archer, Gleason Leonard ;   Waltke, Bruce K.: Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. electronic ed. Chicago : Moody Press, 1999, c1980, S. 605

[127]    Definition | Enhanced Strong's Lexicon  5438, n f. From 5442; TDNT 9:241; TDNTA 1280; GK 5871; 47 occurrences; AV translates as “prison” 36 times, “watch” six times, “imprisonment” twice, “hold” once, “cage” once, and “ward” once. 1 guard, watch. 1a a watching, keeping watch. 1a1 to keep watch. 1b persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels. 1c of the place where captives are kept, a prison. 1d of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i.e. a period of time during which part of the guard was on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts, so, previous to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to the Romans, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches.

[128]    Achtemeier, Paul J. ;  Harper & Row, Publishers ;   Society of Biblical Literature: Harper's Bible Dictionary. 1st ed. San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1985, S. 382. Jewish writings from the third century b.c. onward speak of places of punishment by fire for evil spirits and the wicked dead (1 Enoc# 18:11-16; 108:3-7, 15; 2 Esd. 7:36-38). The book of Revelation describes a lake that burns with fire and brimstone in which the wicked will be eternally punished (Rev. 19:20; 20:14-15; 21:8).

[129]    Easton, M.G.: Easton's Bible Dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: 1996, c1897.

[130]  Op Cit., Barnes, 1 Pe 3:19.

[131]   Op Cit., Barnes, 1 Peter 3:19.

[132]   Ephesians 4:8-9 refers to Christ’s body being placed in the grave. Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:634.   

[133]    Ibid.

[134]    Parentheses added.

[135]    Hughes, Robert B.; Laney, J. Carl; Hughes, Robert B.: Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001 (The Tyndale Reference Library), S. 691.

[136]   Walvoord, John F.; Zuck, Roy B.; Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:851.

[137]   1 Thes. 4:13–18; Rev. 1:17–18.

[138]   Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 3:18.

[139] Op Cit., Walvoord, , S. 2:852.

[140]   Rom. 6:3-5; Gal. 3:27; Col. 2:12.

[141]   Op Cit., Walvoord, S:2:852.

[142]   Ps. 110:1; Acts 2:34–36; Phil. 2:5–11; Heb. 12:1–3.

[143]   Eph. 6:10–12; Col. 2:15.

[144]   Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 3:18.

[145]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:1

[146]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:1

[147] Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 Cor. 15:51; 1 Thess. 4:15, 17. Luke 20:36; Rev. 21:4.Luke 2:29; Paul, 2 Cor. 5:2, 8; Phil. 1:20–23.

[148]    θάνατος, ?θάνατος [thanatos /than·at·os/] # #. From 2348; TDN# 3:7; TDNT# 312; G# 2505 and together with Strongs 1 as GK 115; 119 occurrences; A# translates as “death” 117 times, and “deadly” twice.  1 the death of the body. 1a that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended. 1b with the implied idea of future misery in hell. 1b1 the power of death. 1c since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin. 2  the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell. 3 the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell. 4 in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell.

[149] Luke 23:46;John 19:30.

[150]   3045 ãÌÈòÈä, éÈãÇò [yada` /yaw·dah/], Strong, James: The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible  : Showing every Word of the Test of the Common English Version of the Canonical Books, and Every Occurence of each Word in Regular Order. electronic ed. Ontario : Woodside Bible Fellowship., 1996, S. H3045.

[151]    Also see Jeremiah 4:22.

[152]   Stott, John Romans, p. 180.

[153] “Therefore” appears in most Bible translations. It does not appear in the paraphrased NLT which is quoted here.

[154] Parentheses added.

[155] 1 Peter 1:5, 11, 17, 20; 4:2–3, 17; 5:6.

[156] John 21:15–19; 2 Peter 1:12ff.

[157] Matthew 12:36; Hebrews 4:13.

[158] Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:1.

[159] 2:15; 3:17; 4:19.

[160] Op cit., Wiersbe. 1 Pe 4:2.

[161] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary:  An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:853.

[162] Matthew 10:41,42, 16:27; Luke 6:23;, 35; 1 cor. 3:8,14; Col. 3:24; Hebrews 11:6; 2 John 8;

[163] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary:  An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:853.

[164] Richards, Larry: The Bible Reader's Companion. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1991, S. 882.

[165] Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:853.

[166] Rom. 13:12; 1 John 2:18.

[167] Mark 13:33; 14:38; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:2.

[168] Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:7.

[169] Richards, Larry: The Bible Reader's Companion. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1991, S. 882

[170] Keener, Craig S. ;   InterVarsity Press: The IVP Bible Background Commentary : New Testament. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1993, S. 1 Pe 4:8.

[171] (diakonountes; cf# diakonos, “deacon”).

[172] Prov. 11:13; 17:9; see 1 Peter 2:1.

[173] Ex. 22:21; Deut. 14:28–29.

[174] Acts 28:7; Phile. 22.

[175] 1 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:8.

[176] Gen. 18; Heb. 13:2.

[177] Rom. 12:1–13; 1 Cor. 12; Eph. 4:1–16.

[178]    Tim Hansel, You Gotta Keep Dancin', David C. Cook, 1985, p. 87.

[179]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An        Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:854.

[180]     Hughes, Robert B. ;  Laney, J. Carl ;   Hughes, Robert B.: Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 2001 (The Tyndale Reference Library), S. 692.

[181]     Richards, Larry: The Bible Reader's Companion. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1991, S. 882.

[182]     John 14:30; 2 Cor. 4:3–4.

[183]     John 15:17–16:4.

[184]     John 12:23–33; see Gal. 6:14.

[185]     Job 23:10; 1 Peter 1:7.

[186]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An       Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:854.

[187]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:12.

[188]     Acts 23:11; 27:21–25; 2 Tim. 4:9–18.

[189]     Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:13.

[190]     Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:854.

[191]     Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:13.

[192]     Isa. 11:2; Matt. 3:16.

[193]     Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary:  An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:854.

[194]     Ibid.

[195]     Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:13.

[196]     Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:15.

[197]     Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:855.

[198]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:15

[199]     Ibid.

[200]    Walvoord, John F. ;  Zuck, Roy B. ;   Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An       Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:855

[201]    Richards, Larry: The Bible Reader's Companion. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1991, S. 882

[202]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Pe 4:19

[203]    Ibid.

[204] The “elders” of the New Testament church were the “pastors” (Eph. 4:11), “bishops or overseers” (Acts 20:28), “leaders”  (Heb. 13:7; 1 Thessalonians. 5:12) of the flock. Everywhere in the New Testament bishop and presbyter are titles given to one and the same officer of the Christian church. He who is called presbyter or elder on account of his age or gravity is also called bishop or overseer with reference to the duty that lay upon him (Titus 1:5–7; Acts 20:17–28; Phil. 1:1).

[205] Hughes, Robert B. ;  Laney, J. Carl ;   Hughes, Robert B.: Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 2001 (The Tyndale Reference Library), S. 483.

[206] Wuest, Kenneth S.: Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament  : For the English Reader. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1997, c1984, S. 1 Pe 5:2.

[207] Achtemeier, Paul J. ;  Harper & Row, Publishers ;   Society of Biblical Literature: Harper's Bible Dictionary. 1st ed. San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1985, S. 937.

[208] Copyright © 1984 Mary Stevenson, All rights reserved.

[209] 1 Corinthians 9; 1 Timothy 5:17–18.

[210] Parentheses added.

[211] Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Peter 5:2.

[212] Bypaths,  pp. 60-70.

[213] Wuest, Kenneth S.: Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament  : For the English Reader. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1997, c1984, S. 1 Pe 5:4.

[214]   Ibid.

[215]   Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Peter 5:4.

[216]   Ibid.

[217]   Ibid

[218]   Ibid.

[219]   Ibid.

[220] Henry, Matthew: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody : Hendrickson, 1996, c1991, S. 1 Pe 5:5.

[221]   To encircle or bind with a flexible band (as a belt).

[222]   Parentheses added.

[223]   Op cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 5:5.

[224]   Ibid. 

[225] Today in the Word, March 6, 1991.

[226]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: Be Hopeful. Wheaton, Ill: Victor Books, c1982, p. 136.

[227]    Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Peter 5:5.

[228]    Ibid.

[229]    Kittel, Gerhard (Hrsg.) ; Bromiley, Geoffrey William (Hrsg.) ;  Friedrich, Gerhard (Hrsg.): Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. electronic ed. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 1964-c1976, S. 2:72.

[230]    Op cit., Wiersbe, 1 Peter 5:8.

[231]   Ibid.

[232]    My addition for clarification.

[233]    Ibid.

[234] Eugene Peterson, The Message.

[235]   Ibid.

[236]   Apparently Paul’s companion Silvanus, or Silas (Acts 15:22; 18:5), is the scribe who wrote as Peter dictated the letter (1 Pet. 5:12). “Babylon” is often used here in some translations in the place of “Rome” (5:13). The earliest understanding of “Babylon” interprets it as referring to Rome. Other interpretations that were held later are the ancient city of Babylon, a city in Egypt named Babylon, or a cryptogram for a place of exile. The majority of scholars favor Rome as the place of writing and take “Babylon” as a symbolic designation for the city, as in Revelation 17:5, 9 and 18:2, 10, 21.

[237]    Francoís Fénélon, The Inner Life.

[238]   Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S.       1 Peter 5:10.

[239]   Ibid.

[240]   Ibid.