1 Kad, dakle, Hristos postrada za nas telom, i vi se tom misli naoružajte: jer koji postrada telom, prestaje od greha, 2 da ostalo vreme života u telu ne živi više željama čovečijim, nego volji Božijoj. 3 Jer je dosta što smo proteklo vreme života proveli po volji neznabožačkoj, živeći u nečistotama, u slastima, u pijenju i bogomrskim neznaboštvima. 4 Zato se čude što vi ne trčite s njima u to isto neuredno življenje, i hule na vas. 5 Oni će dati odgovor Onome koji je gotov da sudi živima i mrtvima. 6 Zato se i mrtvima propovedi jevanđelje, da prime sud po čoveku telom, a po Bogu da žive duhom. 7 A svemu se kraj približi. Budite dakle mudri i trezni u molitvama. 8 A pre svega imajte neprestanu ljubav među sobom; jer ljubav pokriva mnoštvo greha, 9 budite gostoljubivi među sobom bez mrmljanja; 10 i služite se među sobom, svaki darom koji je primio, kao dobri pristavi različne blagodati Božije. 11 Ako ko govori, neka govori kao reči Božije; ako ko služi neka služi kao po moći koju Bog daje: da se u svačemu slavi Bog kroz Isusa Hrista, kome je slava i država va vek veka. Amin. 12 Ljubazni! Ne čudite se vrućini koja vam se događa za kušanje vaše, kao da vam se šta novo događa; 13 nego se radujte što stradate s Hristom, da biste, i kad se javi slava Njegova, imali radost i veselje. 14 Ako bivate ukoreni za ime Hristovo, blago vama! Jer Duh slave i Boga počiva na vama: oni dakle hule na Nj, a vi Ga proslavljate. 15 Samo da ne postrada koji od vas kao krvnik, ili kao lupež, ili kao zločinac, ili kao onaj koji se meša u tuđe poslove; 16 a ako li kao hrišćanin, neka se ne stidi, već neka slavi Boga u ovom događaju. 17 Jer je vreme da se počne sud od kuće Božije; ako li se najpre od vas počne, kakav će biti posledak onima što se protive Božijem jevanđelju? 18 I kad se pravednik jedva spase, bezbožnik i grešnik gde će se javiti? 19 Zato i koji stradaju po volji Božijoj neka Mu kao vernom Tvorcu predadu duše svoje u dobrim delima.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 5:24; 1 Peter 3:18; Colossians 3:3–5; Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:20
- 2 Ephesians 4:22–24; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 6:6; Romans 6:11; Titus 3:3–8
- 3 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 2:2–3
- 4 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 2:12; Jude 10; Acts 18:6; Acts 13:45
- 5 James 5:9; 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42; Romans 14:10–12; John 5:22–23
- 6 Romans 8:2; 1 Peter 3:19; John 5:25–26; Romans 8:9–11; Ephesians 2:3–5
- 7 James 5:8–9; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:5; Luke 21:34
- 8 Proverbs 10:12; Colossians 3:14; Proverbs 17:9; James 5:20; 1 Peter 1:22
- 9 Hebrews 13:2; Romans 12:13; Philippians 2:14; Hebrews 13:16; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 10 Romans 12:6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Mark 10:45; Hebrews 6:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:10; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Corinthians 12:4
- 12 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Peter 1:6–7; 1 Peter 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:2–4; Daniel 11:35
- 13 Romans 8:17; James 1:2–3; Romans 5:3; Philippians 3:10; 2 Corinthians 1:7
- 14 1 Peter 3:14; Luke 6:22; Matthew 5:11; 1 Peter 3:16; James 1:12
- 15 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:19–20; 1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Peter 3:17
- 16 1 Peter 3:17–18; Philippians 1:29; 1 Peter 4:19; James 1:2–4; Acts 5:41
- 17 Jeremiah 25:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 2:9; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Peter 2:8
- 18 Proverbs 11:31; Ezekiel 18:24; Luke 23:31; 2 Peter 2:5–6; Jude 15
- 19 Psalm 37:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 3:17; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 146:5–6
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Love covers a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.
Wherefore, forsaking the vanity of many, and their false doctrines, let us return to the word which has been handed down to us from the beginning; "watching unto prayer," and persevering in fasting; beseeching in our supplications the all-seeing God "not to lead us into temptation," as the Lord has said: "The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is …
"Love moreover is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." And because it is through sin that we are alienated from the possession of true good, "Love covereth a multitude of sins." So then the Father is Himself the True Origin to the Son, who is the Truth, and the Son is the …
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Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer for His name's sake, let us glorify Him.
Before all, then, confession; then, love: for of charity what is said? "Charity covereth a multitude of sins." Now let us see whether he commendeth charity in regard of the sins which subsequently overtake us: because charity alone extinguisheth sins.
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