To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
To Him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever, affirming His everlasting sovereignty and worthiness of praise. The God so glorified is the God of all grace, who calls believers to eternal glory through Christ Jesus, and who, after they have suffered a while, makes them complete and perfect, establishes them, strengthens them, and settles them. In the setting of persecution and suffering, this ascription concludes that assurance and directs hope toward His eternal glory in Christ. That hope rests in God's eternal glory through Christ, not in freedom from present or coming trials.
The glory ascribed is the glory to be revealed, of which Peter was a witness in the sufferings of Christ and a partaker. It is given by divine power for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called to glory and virtue, which all faithful ministers may share. The verse closes the call to humble themselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt them in due time. It closes the call for all to watch, to stand fast in the faith, to act like men and be strong, to cast all care upon Him because He cares for them, to be sober and vigilant because the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour, and to resist him steadfast in the faith while knowing the same afflictions are accomplished in brethren throughout the world.
The verse closes Peter's exhortation to ministers to be made livingly connected to Christ by genuine conversion as channels of light. It calls them to feed the flock of God willingly and with a ready mind and not by constraint or for filthy lucre, not as lords over God's heritage but as examples in godly example and mutual submission and humility, and by rightly dividing the word of truth. It closes the warning to the churches in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley against efforts by those gone out to carry on apostasy, to create divisions in the churches, and to seduce souls to ruin despite messages of warning sent to them. It is included in the exhortation to labor together with God, while to work with Satan instead gives him opportunity to instill in people's minds thoughts that Christ would not have there.
To Him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever, affirming His everlasting sovereignty and worthiness of praise. The God so glorified is the God of all grace, who calls believers to eternal glory through Christ Jesus, and who, after they have suffered a while, makes them complete and perfect, establishes them, strengthens them, and settles them. In the setting of persecution and suffering, this ascription concludes that assurance and directs hope toward His eternal glory in Christ. That hope rests in God's eternal glory through Christ, not in freedom from present or coming trials.
The glory ascribed is the glory to be revealed, of which Peter was a witness in the sufferings of Christ and a partaker. It is given by divine power for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called to glory and virtue, which all faithful ministers may share. The verse closes the call to humble themselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt them in due time. It closes the call for all to watch, to stand fast in the faith, to act like men and be strong, to cast all care upon Him because He cares for them, to be sober and vigilant because the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour, and to resist him steadfast in the faith while knowing the same afflictions are accomplished in brethren throughout the world.
The verse closes Peter's exhortation to ministers to be made livingly connected to Christ by genuine conversion as channels of light. It calls them to feed the flock of God willingly and with a ready mind and not by constraint or for filthy lucre, not as lords over God's heritage but as examples in godly example and mutual submission and humility, and by rightly dividing the word of truth. It closes the warning to the churches in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley against efforts by those gone out to carry on apostasy, to create divisions in the churches, and to seduce souls to ruin despite messages of warning sent to them. It is included in the exhortation to labor together with God, while to work with Satan instead gives him opportunity to instill in people's minds thoughts that Christ would not have there.