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1Pe_5:7 is closely connected with 1Pe_5:6; hence the participle. The idea and expression are taken from Ps. 54:23, LXX. ( ἐπίῤῥιψον ἐπὶ κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου καὶ αὐτός σε διαθρέψει ), although somewhat altered; πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν :[275] “your whole care;” the singular unites all individual cares together into one uniform whole. Hofmann, without reason, assumes that in this passage μέριμνα does not mean care itself, but the object which causes care. The context shows that the care specially meant here is that which is occasioned by the sufferings; cf. Mat_6:25; Php_4:6.
ὅτι αὐτῷ κ . τ . λ .] “for He careth for you;” the same construction of the verb with περί occurs frequently in the N. T., e.g. Joh_10:13; ἐπʼ αὐτὸν , ὅτι αὐτῷ , “are intentionally brought together” (Wiesinger).
[275] Gerhard: “ μέριμνα significat curam sollicitam et dubiam, quae mentem in partes divisas velut dividit, a μερίζειν τὸν νοῦν .”