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1 Petrus 4:15

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15 Niemand aber unter euch leide als ein Mörder oder Dieb oder ÜbeltĂ€ter oder der in ein fremdes Amt greift.

1 Petrus 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer
The punishment for murder was death by the law of God, ( Genesis 9:6 )

or as a thief;
whose fine or mulct, according to the Jewish law, was a fivefold or fourfold restitution, according to the nature of the thing that was stolen, ( Exodus 22:1 )

or as an evildoer;
a breaker of any of the laws of God or men, which are of a moral nature, and for the good of civil society:

or as a busybody
in other men's matters; "or as a bishop in another man's diocese"; that concerns himself in things he has nothing to do with, and neglects his own affairs, and lives in idleness, and upon the spoil of others; or takes upon him to manage, direct, order, and command other men's servants, or persons that do not belong to him, to do his business, or whatsoever he pleases. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "a desirer of other's goods"; and the Ethiopic version, "a covetous desirer of other's things"; and so is led on by an insatiable thirst for them, to obtain them in an evil way, either by secret fraud, or open violence and oppression. To suffer in any such cases is scandalous and dishonourable, and unbecoming the character of a Christian. This last clause is left out in the Syriac version.

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1 Petrus 4:15 In-Context

13 sondern freuet euch, daß ihr mit Christo leidet, auf daß ihr auch zur Zeit der Offenbarung seiner Herrlichkeit Freude und Wonne haben möget.
14 Selig seid ihr, wenn ihr geschmĂ€ht werdet ĂŒber den Namen Christi; denn der Geist, der ein Geist der Herrlichkeit und Gottes ist, ruht auf euch. Bei ihnen ist er verlĂ€stert, aber bei euch ist er gepriesen.
15 Niemand aber unter euch leide als ein Mörder oder Dieb oder ÜbeltĂ€ter oder der in ein fremdes Amt greift.
16 Leidet er aber als ein Christ, so schÀme er sich nicht; er ehre aber Gott in solchem Fall.
17 Denn es ist Zeit, daß anfange das Gericht an dem Hause Gottes. So aber zuerst an uns, was will's fĂŒr ein Ende werden mit denen, die dem Evangelium nicht glauben?

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