1 Peter 5:6

5:6 And God will exalt you in due time, ¹  if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand ² 

1 Peter 5:2

5:2 Give a shepherd’s care to ³  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ⁴  not merely as a duty ⁵  but willingly under God’s direction, ⁶  not for shameful profit but eagerly.

1 Peter 2:19

2:19 For this finds God’s favor, ⁷  if because of conscience toward God ⁸  someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

1 Peter 3:22

3:22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God ⁹  with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. ¹⁰ 

1 Peter 4:17

4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house ¹¹  of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate ¹²  of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

[5:6]  ¹ tn Grk “in time,” but connoting “the proper time, when the time is right” as in Matt 24:45; Luke 12:42.

[5:6]  ² tn Grk “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that in due time he may exalt you.” The sentence was rearranged so that the English reader could more clearly see the connection between “casting” (v. 7) and “humble” (v. 6).

[5:2]  ³ tn Grk “shepherd,” “tend,” “pastor.”

[5:2]  ⁴ tc A few important mss (א* B sa) lack ἐπισκοποῦντες (episkopounte", “exercising oversight”), but the participle enjoys otherwise good ms support (Ì⁷² א² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï lat). A decision is difficult because normally the shorter reading is preferred, especially when found in excellent witnesses. However, in this instance the omission may be due to a hesitation among some scribes to associate oversight with elders, since the later church viewed overseer/bishop as a separate office from elder.

[5:2]  ⁵ tn Or “not under compulsion/coercion.”

[5:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “according to God.”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “For this [is] favor/grace,” used as a metonymy of that which pleases him, which he looks on with favor (cf. BDAG 1079 s.v. χάρις 2). Cf. 1 Pet 2:20.

[2:19]  ⁶ tc The expression “consciousness/conscience of God” (συνείδησιν θεοῦ; suneidhsin qeou) is unusual, occurring only here in the NT. Because θεοῦ was liable to misinterpretation, several witnesses altered the text, either replacing it with ἀγαθήν (agaqhn; C Ψ 323 614 630 945 1241 1505 1739 al sy) or expanding the expression by adding ἀγαθήν before θεοῦ (Ì⁷² [A* 33] 81). Replacing θεοῦ with ἀγαθήν conforms to other NT phrases, notably in this same letter (Acts 23:1; 1 Tim 1:5, 19; 1 Pet 3:16, 21), suggesting that such a reading is motivated. The reading θεοῦ, however, has superior support (א A^c B P 049 Ï lat co), and best explains the rise of the other readings.

[3:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

[3:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “angels…having been subjected to him.”

[4:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “to begin from the house.”

[4:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the end.”