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1Pe_4:10. Second manifestation of love. It is presupposed that each one has received a χάρισμα : ἕκαστος καθὼς ἔλαβε χάρισμα ] καθώς , not equal to ὅς , but pro ratione qua, prouti (Wahl), “according as.”
χάρισμα ] as in Rom_12:6; 1Co_12:4; 1Co_12:28; not an office in the church. Every man should, according to the kind of gift he has received (not: according to the measure of it, ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέτρῳ , ἐν ᾧ ἔλαβε vel ut Paulus: ὡς ὁ Θεὸς ἐμέρισε μέτρον χαρισμάτων , Rom_12:3. Pott: still less can καθώς be referred to the manner of receiving; Lorinus: sicut gratis accepimus, ita gratis demus), administer it for his brethren, εἰς ἑαυτούς , i.e. for their benefit, and therefore for that of the entire community. διακονεῖν (a transitive verb, as in chap. 1Pe_1:12): vocula emphatica; innuit Ap. quod propter dona illa nemo se debeat supra alios efferre, aut dominium in alios affectare, sed aliorum ministrum sese sponte constituere (Gerhard).
ὡς καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος Θεοῦ ] With ὡς , cf. chap. 1Pe_1:14 : as is peculiar to the καλοῖς οἰκονόμοις , which, from their vocation, Christians should be. With οἰκονόμοι , cf. 1Co_4:1; Tit_1:7. According to de Wette and Weiss, there is here an allusion to the parable of the talents, Mat_25:14.
καλός ] expression of irreproachable excellence; see 1Ti_4:6; 2Ti_2:3. The Lord of the Christians, as the οἰκονόμοι , is God; the goods which He entrusts to their stewardship are His ποικίλη χάρις ; χάρις is here the sum of all that has fallen to the share of believers through the grace of God; the individual manifestations of it are the χαρίσματα , the homogeneous character of which is marked by the singular, and their variety by ποικίλη here subjoined with reference to the preceding καθὼς … χάρισμα .