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1Pe_4:19. The exhortation contained in this verse is closely connected with 1Pe_4:17-18, in such a way, however, “that it brings to a close the whole section which treats of suffering for the sake of Christ” (Hofmann); Hornejus: clausula est qua totam exhortationem obsignat.
ὥστε ] as in Rom_7:4, and often elsewhere, with a finite verb following (Winer, p. 282 f. [E. T. 377]) “therefore.”
καί does not belong to οἱ πάσχοντες , equivalent to “those also who suffer,” with reference to those who do not suffer (Wiesinger, Hofmann), for there is no allusion in the context to any distinction between those who suffer because of their Christian profession and those who have not so to suffer,[262] but it is united with ὥστε , and applies to the verb, “and just for this reason” (cf. Winer, p. 408 [E. T. 544 ff.]). Incorrectly, Bengel: καί concessive cum participio i. q. εἰ καὶ πάσχοιτε .
οἱ πάσχοντες ] namely, the believers.
κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ] that is, πρὸς πειρασμόν , 1Pe_4:12. Wiesinger: “looking back to 1Pe_4:17, inasmuch as they as Christians are overtaken by the judgment God pronounces on His house.” Besser incorrectly takes it as referring to their subjective behaviour under suffering.
ὡς πιστῷ κτιστῇ παρατιθέσθωσαν κ . τ . λ .] Gerhard: ὡς exprimit causam, propter quam, hi qui patiuntur animas suas apud Deum deponere debeant, nimirum quia est earum creator et fidelis custos. If ὡς be the correct reading, then from the foregoing τοῦ Θεοῦ an αὐτῷ must be supplied, to which ὡς πιστῷ κτιστῇ applies.
κτιστής is not possessor (Calvin), but the creator; ὁ κτίσας , Rom_1:25. It is used here in its strict sense, and not with reference to the new creation (Steiger, Schott connect both together); cf. Act_4:24 ff.: “this prayer is an actual example of what is here demanded” (Weiss, p. 190). In the N. T. κτίστης is ἅπ . λεγ ., in the O. T. it occurs frequently; Jdt_9:12; 2Ma_1:24. πιστός : Oecumenius, equivalent to: ἀσφαλὴς καὶ ἀψευδὴς κατὰ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας αὐτοῦ , καὶ οὐκ ἐάσει ἡμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δυνάμεθα ; cf. 1Co_10:13.
With παρατίθεσθαι , cf. Act_14:23; Act_20:32 : “to commit to the protection of any one.”
ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ ] ἀγαθοποιΐα , ἅπ . λεγ .; the adjec., chap. 1Pe_2:14. This addition shows that the confident surrender to God is to be joined, not with careless indolence, but with the active practice of good. Oecumenius erroneously paraphrases the word by ταπεινοφροσύνη .
[262] Schott explains καί by the contrast between “the individual sufferers” and “the church;” but nothing in the context alludes to this.