1Pe 4:11 | RWP | e4.org | If any man speaketh ( ε τις λαλε ). Condition of first class, assumed as a fact. Speaking as it were oracles of God ( ως λογια θεου ). No predicate in this conclusion of the condition. For λογια θεου see (Mosaic law); (the Old Testament); (the substance of Christian teaching), here of the utterances of God through Christian teachers. Λογιον (old word) is a diminutive of λογος (speech, word). It can be construed here as nominative or as accusative. The verb has to be supplied. If any one ministereth ( ε τις διακονε ). First-class condition again. See for the twofold division of service involved here. Which God supplieth ( ης χορηγε ο θεος ). Ablative case ( ης ) of the relative attracted from the accusative ην , object of χορηγε (present active indicative of χορηγεω , old verb, to supply from χορηγος , chorus leader, in N.T. only here and ). Peter has the compound επιχορηγεω in , . God is the supplier of strength. That God may be glorified ( ινα δοξαζητα ο θεος ). Purpose clause with ινα and the present passive subjunctive of δοξαζω . See . Whose is ( ω εστιν ). "To whom (dative) is," that is to Jesus Christ the immediate antecedent, but in ; the doxology is to God through Christ. For other doxologies see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; . The others addressed to Christ are ; ; .

‏ 1 Peter 4:11

If any man speaketh ( ε τις λαλε ). Condition of first class, assumed as a fact.

Speaking as it were oracles of God ( ως λογια θεου ). No predicate in this conclusion of the condition. For λογια θεου see Ac 7:38 (Mosaic law); Ro 3:2 (the Old Testament); Heb 5:12 (the substance of Christian teaching), here of the utterances of God through Christian teachers. Λογιον (old word) is a diminutive of λογος (speech, word). It can be construed here as nominative or as accusative. The verb has to be supplied.

If any one ministereth ( ε τις διακονε ). First-class condition again. See Ac 6:2-4 for the twofold division of service involved here.

Which God supplieth ( ης χορηγε ο θεος ). Ablative case ( ης ) of the relative attracted from the accusative ην, object of χορηγε (present active indicative of χορηγεω, old verb, to supply from χορηγος, chorus leader, in N.T. only here and 2Co 9:10). Peter has the compound επιχορηγεω in 2Pe 1:5, 11. God is the supplier of strength.

That God may be glorified ( ινα δοξαζητα ο θεος ). Purpose clause with ινα and the present passive subjunctive of δοξαζω. See Joh 15:8.

Whose is ( ω εστιν ). "To whom (dative) is," that is to Jesus Christ the immediate antecedent, but in Ro 16:27; Jude 1:25 the doxology is to God through Christ. For other doxologies see 1Pe 5:11; 2Pe 3:18; Ga 1:5; Ro 9:5; 11:36; Php 4:20; Eph 3:21; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16; 2Ti 4:18; Heb 13:21; Re 1:6; 5:13; 7:12. The others addressed to Christ are 2Pe 3:18; 2Ti 4:18; Re 1:6.