1 Peter 4:11

KJV

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.

— 1 Peter 4:11, King James Version
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Study Note

The instruction that those who speak should do so 'as one who speaks oracles of God' and those who serve should do so with the strength God supplies — 'so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ' — grounds Christian ministry in divine resource and God-centered purpose. The phrase 'oracles of God' (logia theou) applies to the speech of ordinary Christians the same term used for the divine communications given to Israel (Romans 3:2; Hebrews 5:12), implying that Spirit-empowered teaching participates in the authority of scriptural speech. The vision of service as channeling divine strength rather than depleting human resources addresses a fundamental problem of Christian leadership: exhaustion from serving in one's own strength. Colossians 1:29 models the principle: 'for this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works in me.'

Andere Übersetzungen

ASV

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

YLT

if any one doth speak--`as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister--`as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

BBE

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

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