1 Peter 4:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Any

As the

Acts 7:38

Romans 3:2

Hebrews 5:12

If

1 Peter 4:10

The ability

Romans 12:6

1 Corinthians 3:10

1 Corinthians 12:4

To whom

Revelation 1:5

Dominion

Matthew 6:13

Revelation 5:12

General references

1 Corinthians 12:7

1 Peter 5:11

3 John 1:5

Bible References

Any

Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.

Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

As the

This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ever-living utterances to hand on to us.

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.

If

Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.

The ability

But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;

In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

To whom

To Him be all power unto the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

to God, the only wise, through Jesus Christ, even to Him be the glory through all the Ages! Amen.

to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen.

Now to the immortal and invisible King of the Ages, who alone is God, be honour and glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

who alone possesses immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, and whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be eternal honour and power! Amen.

to the only God our Saviour--through Jesus Christ our Lord, be ascribed glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before all time, is now, and shall be to all the Ages! Amen.

and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,

Dominion

and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'

and in loud voices they were singing, "It is fitting that the Lamb which has been offered in sacrifice should receive all power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."

General references

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

To Him be all power unto the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.