What is the meaning of 1 Peter 5:11? To Him Peter directs all honor toward God Himself. He has just encouraged shepherd-leaders to humble themselves under God’s mighty hand (1 Peter 5:6). Now he lifts their gaze: • “To Him”—the living God who “cares for you” (v. 7), who “called you to His eternal glory in Christ” (v. 10). • The focus is personal: worship is aimed at a real Someone, not an abstract force. • Cross references echo this God-ward direction: “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory” (Psalm 115:1); “To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever” (1 Timothy 1:17). Be the power Peter ascribes power—authority and might—to God alone. • Scripture insists “power belongs to God” (Psalm 62:11). • Any strength believers enjoy flows from Him: “He gives power to the faint” (Isaiah 40:29). • The phrase reminds suffering saints that Rome’s emperors, local persecutors, and even spiritual enemies hold no ultimate sway. God’s power is decisive, as seen when He “will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you” (1 Peter 5:10). • Jesus taught us to pray, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory” (Matthew 6:13b). Forever and ever God’s authority is not seasonal or fragile; it is eternal. • “Before the mountains were born… from everlasting to everlasting You are God” (Psalm 90:2). • “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). • This eternal horizon comforts believers facing temporary trials: what hurts now cannot outlast the unending reign of God. Amen Peter seals the doxology with the congregational “so be it.” • “Amen” invites every reader to join the confession, just as heavenly beings cry, “Blessing and honor and glory and power be to the One seated on the throne… Amen” (Revelation 5:13-14). • Saying “Amen” aligns our hearts with truth we have just declared and commits us to live in light of it. summary 1 Peter 5:11 is a brief but weighty doxology. Peter points us to God Himself, assigns all power to Him, reminds us that His dominion is eternal, and invites our wholehearted agreement. When life feels shaky, this verse steadies us: the Almighty God who loves us holds unending authority—now and forever. |
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