1 Peter 4:19

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Wherefore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commit their soules to him with well doyng, as vnto a faythfull creatour.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε καὶ οἱ πάσχοντες κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς πιστῷ Κτίστῃ, παρατιθέσθωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ.

Transliteration

Therefore also those paschontes kata to thelēma tou Theou as to faithful Ktistē, let them paratithesthōsan tas psychas autōn in agathopoiia.

Grammar Details

• *paschontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - suffering
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *pistō*: dative, masculine, singular - to faithful
• *Ktistē*: dative, masculine, singular - to Creator
• *paratithesthōsan*: present middle imperative, 3rd person plural - let them entrust/commit
• *tas psychas*: accusative, feminine, plural - the souls
• *autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of them
• *agathopoiia*: dative, feminine, singular - in well-doing/doing good

Word Meanings

• *paschontes*: suffering/experiencing hardship
• *Ktistē*: Creator/Maker
• *paratithesthōsan*: entrust/commit/deposit
• *psychas*: souls/lives
• *agathopoiia*: doing good/well-doing/right conduct

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thy hande I commende my spirite: for thou hast redeemed me O God the Lorde of trueth.
• Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce, he sayde: Father into thy handes I commende my spirite. And when he thus had sayde, he gaue vp the ghost.
• 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges. Neuerthelesse, I am not ashamed: For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym, agaynst that day.
• Heb 1:2-3 : 2 Hath in these last dayes, spoken vnto vs in the sonne, whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges, by whom also he made the worldes. 3 Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie, and the very image of his substaunce, vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power, hauing by him selfe pourged our sinnes, hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye:
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:
• Esth 4:16 : 16 Go thou thy way, and gather together all the Iewes that are founde at Susan, and fast ye for me, that ye eate not and drinke not in three dayes neither day nor night, I and my maydens wyll fast likewyse: and so wyll I go in to the king, which thing yet is contrary to the commaundement: and if I perishe, I perishe.
• 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you. 13 But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad. 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters. 16 Yf any man suffer as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.
• Rev 4:10-11 : 10 The xxiiij. elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne, and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer, and cast their crownes before the throne, saying: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receaue glorie, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all thynges, and for thy pleasures sake they are &
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they song a newe song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of al kinrede, and tongue, and people, and nation: 10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes, and we shall raigne on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voyce of many angels about the throne, and about the beastes and the elders, and hearde thousande thousandes, 12 Saying with a loude voyce: Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power, and richesse, and wisedome, and strength, and honor, and glorie, and blessyng. 13 And all the creatures whiche are in heauen, and on the earth, and vnder the earth, and in the sea, and all that are in them, hearde I, saying: Blessyng, honour, glorie, and power be vnto hym that sitteth vpon the throne, and vnto the lambe for euermore. 14 And the foure beastes sayde, Amen. And the 24 elders fell vpon their faces, and worshipped hym that lyueth for euermore. The lambe openeth the sixe seales, and many thynges folowe the openyng therof, so that this conteyneth a generall prophesie to the ende of the worlde.
• Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Steuen, callyng on, and saying: Lorde Iesu receaue my spirite.
• Acts 21:11-14 : 11 And when he was come vnto vs, he toke Paules girdle, & bounde his owne handes and feete, & sayde: Thus sayth the holy ghost, so shall the Iewes at Hierusalem bynde the man that oweth this girdle, and shall delyuer hym into the handes of the gentiles. 12 And when we hearde these thynges, both we and other whiche were of the same place, besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem. 13 Then Paule aunswered: What do ye weepyng and vexyng myne heart? For I am redy, not to be bounde only, but also to dye at Hierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu. 14 And when we coulde not turne his mynde, we ceassed, saying: the wyll of the Lorde be fulfylled.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe.
• Col 1:16-20 : 16 For by him were all thinges created, that are in heaue and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be maiestie or lordeshippe, either rule or power: All thynges were created by hym and for hym. 17 And he is before all thynges, and in hym all thynges consist. 18 And he is the head of the body of the Churche: he is the begynnyng, the first borne of the dead, that in all thynges he myght haue the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the father that in hym shoulde all fulnesse dwell, 20 And by hym to reconcile all thynges vnto hym selfe, & to set at peace through the blood of his crosse by hym, both the thynges in earth, and thynges in heauen,
• Isa 54:16-17 : 16 Beholde, I make the smith that bloweth the coales in the fire, & he maketh a weapon after his handy worke: I make also the waster to destroy. 17 But all the weapons that are made against thee shall not prosper: and as for all tongues that shal resist thee in iudgement, thou shalt ouercome them, and condempne them: This is the heritage of the Lordes seruauntes, and their righteousnesse commeth of me, saith the Lorde.
• Jer 26:11-15 : 11 Then spake the priestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers, and to all the people these wordes, This man is worthy to dye: for he hath preached agaynst this citie, as ye your selues haue hearde with your eares. 12 Then sayde Ieremie vnto the rulers and to all the people, The Lorde hath sent me to preache agaynst this house, and agaynst this citie, all the wordes that ye haue hearde. 13 Therfore amende your wayes, and your aduisementes, and be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God, so shall the Lorde repent of the plague that he hath deuised agaynst you. 14 Nowe as for me I am in your handes, do with me as you thinke expedient and good: 15 But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death, ye shall make your selues, this citie, and all the inhabitours therof giltie of innocent blood: For this is of a trueth, that the Lorde hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these wordes in your eares.
• Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego aunswered the king, and sayd: O Nabuchodonozor, we are not carefull to aunswere thee in this matter: 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king. 18 And though he will not, yet shalt thou knowe O king, that we will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set vp.
• Dan 6:10-11 : 10 Now when Daniel vnderstoode that he had sealed the writing, he went into his house, and the windowes of his chamber towarde Hierusalem stoode open, there kneeled he downe vpon his knees three times a day, he made his petition, and praysed his God, as he dyd afore time. 11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel making his petition, and praying vnto his God.
• Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee.
• Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.
• Ps 138:8 : 8 God wyll finishe that he hath begun by me: O God thy louing kindnesse endureth for euer, thou wylt not forsake the workes of thyne owne handes.
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Who made heauen and earth, the sea and all that therin is: who mainteyneth the trueth for euer. 6 Who executeth iudgement for those that are oppressed with wrong: who geueth foode to the hungry.
• Isa 40:27-28 : 27 Howe may then Iacob thinke, or may Israel say, My wayes are hid from the Lord, and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes? 28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde that the euerlasting God, the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth, is neither weerie nor fainte? and that his wysdome can not be comprehended?
• Isa 43:7 : 7 namely all those that be called after my name: For them haue I created, fashioned, and made for mine honour.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people haue I made for my self, and they shall shewe foorth my prayse.
• Isa 51:12-13 : 12 Yea I, euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation: What art thou then that fearest a mortall man & the childe of man, which goeth away as doth the floure? 13 And forgettest the Lorde that made thee, that spread out the heauens, and layde the foundation of the earth: but thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressour, which is redy to do harme: where is the wrath of the oppressour?