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1 Peter, an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be,
ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of
gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found
unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not,
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which
was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings
of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us
they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by
them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent
down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to
the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the
former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons
judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead,
and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower
of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word
which by the gospel is preached unto you.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Matthew Henry Bible
Commentary - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/1peter/mh/1peter1.htm
3.
CLARKE'S COMMENTARY - 1 PETER 1 - http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarke1pet1.htm
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Peter, an apostle, Simon
Peter, called also Kephas: he was a fisherman, son of
Jonah, brother of Andrew, and born at Bethsaida; and one
of the first disciples of our Lord. His first name
was Simon, and Jesus Christ gave him the surname
of Peter, which signifies a rock, as a
commendation of his faith, and to denote that he should
be an eminent pillar in the church of God, Gal. 2:92,3 |
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Summary of 1 Peter 1 |
 The apostle describes the
persons to whom he writes, and salutes them (v. 1, 2),
blesses God for their regeneration to a lively hope of
eternal salvation (v. 3-5),
in the hope of this salvation he
shows they had great cause of rejoicing, though for a little
while they were in heaviness and affliction, for the trial
of their faith, which would produce joy unspeakable and full
of glory (v. 6-9).
This is that salvation which the ancient
prophets foretold and the angels desire to look into (v.
10-12).
He exhorts them to sobriety and holiness, which he
presses from the consideration of the blood of Jesus, the
invaluable price of man's redemption (v. 13-21),
and to
brotherly love, from the consideration of their
regeneration, and the excellency of their spiritual state
(v. 22-25).2
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