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1 Peter 4:15

1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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

or as a thief; whose fine or mulct, according to the Jewish law, was a fivefold or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

But let none of you suffer as a murderer - If you must be called to suffer, see that it be not for crime. Compare the notes at 1Pe 3:14, 1Pe 3:17. They were to be careful that their sufferings were…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

But let none of you suffer - as a busybody in other men's matters - Αλλοτριοεπισκοπος· The inspector of another; meddling with other people's concerns, and forgetting their own; such persons are hated…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 4:12-19

The frequent repetition of counsel and comfort to Christians, considered as sufferers, in every chapter of this epistle, shows that the greatest danger these new converts were in arose from the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

But let none of you suffer as a murderer Literally, For let none of you suffer. The implied sequence of thought would seem to be this: "I bid you suffer for the name of Christ and remind you of the…