Theophylact of Ohrid

That is, both to those who were justified during their life, and to those who were justified in Hades. For at the second coming of the Lord, what is due shall be fully rendered to each one. If someone should reject the Lord's preaching in Hades, saying that for those in Hades, the dead, there is no benefit from it, according to what is said: "In the grave, who will praise You?" (Ps. …

Commentary on 1 Peter ↗

Ignatius of Antioch

And pray ye without ceasing in behalf of other men; for there is hope of the repentance, that they may attain to God. For "cannot he that falls arise again, and he that goes astray return? " Permit them, then, to be instructed by you. Be ye therefore the ministers of God, and the mouth of Christ. For thus saith the Lord, "If ye take forth the precious from the vile, ye shall be as my mouth." Be ye humble in response to their wrath; oppose to their blasphemies your earnest prayers; while they go astray, stand ye stedfast in the faith. …

Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians ↗

Oecumenius

The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be sober and watchful in prayer. Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaint. The end, that is, completion, consummation or the end of all the prophets is said to be imminent: however, the true word is Christ, for He is the perfection of all. And not as the Greeks rave, who indeed say that pleasure is the end, like Epicurus, while others say wisdom or contemplation or virtue. …

Commentary on 1 Peter ↗

Bede

Be therefore prudent, etc. And the Lord in the Gospel has commanded us to always pray and watch, in view of the uncertain end. For he says, speaking of the day of judgment: Watch therefore, praying continually, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man (Luke XXI). …

Commentary on the Catholic Epistles ↗