Greek Words For Suffering in First Peter.


 NKJV / KJV / NIV / ASV / Overview Chart.


THE MAIN WORD USED FOR 'SUFFERING' IN FIRST PETER:

 pascho (pas'-kho);

-including the forms (patho (path'-o) and pentho (pen'-tho)), used only in certain tenses for it; apparently a primary verb; to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful):

KJV-- feel, passion, suffer, vex.

 ' pascho ' is used in....

1 Pet 2:19

For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief,suffering wrongfully. (NKJ)

1Pet 2:20

For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you
take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take
it patiently, this is commendable before God. (NKJ)

1Pet 2:21

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: (NKJ)

1 Pet 2:23

who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He
suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him
who judges righteously; (NKJ)

1Pet 3:14

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are
blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled." (NKJ)

1 Pet 3:17

For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good
than for doing evil. (NKJ)

1Pet 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that
He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but
made alive by the Spirit, (NKJ)

1 Pet 4:1

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in
the flesh has ceased from sin, (NKJ)

1 Pet 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or
as a busybody in other people's matters. (NKJ)

1 Pet 4:19

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God
commit their souls to in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. (NKJ)

1 Pet 5:10

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory
by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect,
establish, strengthen, and settle you. (NKJ)

The other Greek word for 'suffering' used in first Peter is...

pathema (path'-ay-mah);

- from a presumed derivative of 3806; something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence:

KJV-- affection, affliction, motion, suffering.

pathos (path'-os);

- from the alternate of 3958; properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence):

KJV-- (inordinate) affection, lust.

patho. See 3958.

This Greek word is used in the following First Peter references...

1 Pet 1:11

searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who
was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. (NKJ)

1 Pet 4:13

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings,
that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with
exceeding joy. (NKJ)

1 Pet 5:1

The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder
and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of
the glory that will be revealed: (NKJ)

1 Pet 5:9

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same
sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the
world. (NKJ)

The Definition of Suffering

Click here to go back and continue your study.

 

Content