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1 Peter 1:3
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,
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,
Verse 1 Peter 1:3. _BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER_] Ευλογητος ὁ Θεος και Πατηρ· _Blessed be God even the Father_, or _blessed be God, the_ _Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_. The και, _and_, is omitt...
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST - See the notes at 2 Corinthians 1:3. WHICH ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY - Margin, as in the Greek, “much.” The idea is, that there was great...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE SUFFERING OF BELIEVERS AND EXHORTATIONS TO HOLY LIVING CHAPTER 1:1-21 _ 1. The introduction and doxology (1 Peter 1:1)_ 2. Suffering and the coming glory (1 Peter...
The section contains a deep and rich thanksgiving to God for the certainty of an eternal fellowship with Christ. This no sufferings can mar, nor death itself break. He is the unseen Friend, and since...
BLESSED, &C. See 2 Corinthians 1:3.Ephesians 1:3. LORD. App-98. HATH BEGOTTEN... AGAIN. begat... again. Greek. _anagennao._ Only here and 1 Peter 1:23. LIVELY. living. The hope
_Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Here again we note the close correspondence with the opening words of two of St Paul's Epistles (2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1:3). It is, of c...
ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΗΤΌΣ, _worthy to receive blessing_ is nearly always restricted to God in the LXX. while εὐλογημένος, _one who receives blessing_, is used of men. The same form of benediction occurs in Ephesians...
1 Peter 1:3-13. THE HIGH PRIVILEGES AND DESTINY OF THE CHRISTIAN _Benediction_ 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for by raising Him from the dead He has begotten us, His othe...
ΕΎΛΟΓΗΤΌΣ (G2128) благословенный (_см._ Ephesians 1:3). ΆΝΑΓΕΝΝΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΑΝΑΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G313) возрождаться, рождаться заново. Идея начала новой жизни посредством рождения заново через при...
DISCOURSE: 2380 REGENERATION CONSIDERED 1 Peter 1:3. 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 resu...
WHICH—HATH BEGOTTEN US AGAIN, &C.— "Who—hath regenerated us as his children to the hope of life and immortality; of which he hath given us a remarkable pledge and confirmation by the resurrection of J...
II. THE GREAT SALVATION 1 PETER 1:3-12 _1. Thanksgiving For it 1:3-5_ 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a livin...
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, He begins, l...
VERSE 3 BLESSED BE GOD. The writer breaks forth in this ejaculation of thankfulness to God for the exhibition of his mercy to the children of men. It is called an abundant mercy; that is, an overflowi...
1 Note the contrast between Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. Peter proceeds on the ground of His present rejection on earth, Paul on His exaltation in heaven. 1...
GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY TRINITY. ENCOURAGEMENT TO HOPE IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in,' e...
HATH BEGOTTEN] RV 'begat': the RV rendering brings the moment of begetting before us. The Resurrection must have been to all the Eleven, and to St. Peter especially, such a change from despair to hope...
Peter thought about all that God has done for people through Jesus. Then he *praised God. The more that people understand what a wonderful *salvation God has planned for them, the more they will love...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. He was one of the 12 *apostles. His name was Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42). ‘Pe...
BLESSED. — A form consecrated to God alone (_e.g.,_ Mark 14:61; Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians 11:31), a completely different word from the “blessed,” or _happy,_ of the Beatitudes; and differing from the...
(3-12) PANEGYRIC OF THE GOSPEL FROM A HEBREW POINT OF VIEW. — The Apostle thanks God for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That fact is a regeneration of us, and a pledge of future glory, in view of w...
CHAPTER 2 THE HEAVENLY INHERITANCE 1 Peter 1:3 "OUT of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," words true of all this letter, but of no part more true than of the thanksgiving with which it...
Blessed be God whom we have come to know as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For He has granted to us the crowning manifestation of His great mercy. He has raised Jesus Christ from the dea...
εὐλογητός. The verbal adjective is recognised, perhaps coined by the LXX as proper to the Benediction of the Name. This usage is reflected in N.T., Romans 1:25; Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians 1:3;...
_Benediction of the Name_. The mention of God is followed by the Benediction of the Name as Jewish piety prescribed; the formula _the Holy One, blessed be He_, being amplified by the Christian appreci...
OUR IMPERISHABLE INHERITANCE 1 Peter 1:1 _ Scattered strangers_! The designation is true of us all. Note the reference to the Trinity involved in the opening sentence. Our inheritance is prepared and...
Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pet...
PRAISE GOD! The word "blessed," which is used in 1 Peter 1:3, is not the word translated blessed in the beatitudes, which describes an inner happiness of the spiritual man. Instead, Thayer tells us it...
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a (c) lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (c) Ev...
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 inh...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE GOSPEL OF THE RESURRECTION_ ‘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...
3_Blessed be God _We have said that the main object of this epistle is to raise us above the world, in order that we may be prepared and encouraged to sustain the spiritual contests of our warfare. Fo...
The First Epistle of Peter is addressed to believers among the dispersed of Israel found in those provinces of Asia Minor Which are named in the first Verse; the Second Epistle declares itself to be a...
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,.... The epistle begins here with thanksgiving to God, or an ascription of blessing, praise, and glory to him; for this does not mean an invoking...
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, Ver. 3. _B...
1 Pet. 1:3 with the context. The apostle directing his epistle to the Christians in Pontus, etc. takes notice in the foregoing verse, of the hand that each of the persons of the Trinity had in their b...
_Blessed be the God and Father_, or, _God even the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ_ His only-begotten and beloved Son; _who, according to his abundant mercy_ His compassion for us in our state of ign...
A LIVELY HOPE; more literally, a living hope. The Christian's hope is a living principle, and sustains his spiritual life. BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD; this lies at the foundatio...
Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives),...
ABUNDANT: _ Gr._ much...
_ 1 Peter 1:3 ‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to. living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the...
1-9 This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live, and are scattered through the nations. These are to ascribe their salvation to the e...
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; either the conjunction _and_ is here but an explicative particle, and so we render it, 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3, _God, even the Father, _ & c.; or if w...
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed G2128 God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 who...
THE GREAT PRIVILEGE AND BLESSING THAT IS THEIRS AS GOD'S ELECT WHICH EVEN ANGELS DESIRE TO LOOK INTO (1 PETER 1:3). The result of God's foreknowing of us, and of the sanctifying work of the Spirit is...
‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance...
Peter lifts his readers' eyes at once to the future. He speaks first of their hope, their inheritance, their final salvation, before he alludes to the burdens and fears of the present. There was that...
1 Peter 1:3. BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. The gifts of God's grace to the believer, and the believer's relation to God, depend upon the prior relation between God and Christ...
BLESSED BE (ευλογητος). No copula in the Greek (εστω, let be, or εστιν, is, or ειη, may be). The verbal adjective (from ευλογεω) occurs in the N.T. only of God, as in the LXX (Luke 1:68). See also 2...
1 Peter 1:3 The Lively Hope. I. Whence does it spring? Hope is popularly defined to be the expectation of future good; but, to render the definition complete, the good should be an object which the m...
1 Peter 1:3 To the question, What has the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead done for us Christians? a great many answers may be given. I. Of these the answer which is, perhaps, of the first...
1 Peter 1:3 The Heavenly Inheritance. I. The greatness of God's mercy is to be seen in the great number of the saved. II. The greatness of God's mercy is to be seen in the great change which takes...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,_ It must have been very pleasant to his heart to write those words, not «Peter, who denied his Master,» not Peter, «full of imperfections and infirmit...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ._ These are his credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. _To the strangers scattered_ abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have spo...
LET US GIVE THANKS. We thank God and praise him for his love which is the basis of what he has done for us!!! HE GAVE US NEW LIFE. God's act in Christ is to change us!!! BY RAISING JESUS CHRIST. See 1...
_Blessed be the God and Father._ MAN BLESSING GOD I. Man blesseth God three ways. 1. In his heart, when, refreshed with God’s favour and inflamed with the joys of His presence, he doth lift up his...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:3 Called to Salvation as Exiles. Believers must praise God for his promised salvation and live out that salvation daily. ⇐
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 1:3. BLESSED BE.—A characteristic Jewish recognition of God’s mercy. Compare with 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1:3. ABUNDANT.—πολὺ, much. BEGOTTEN US.—The choic...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 1:1 PETER. It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit of prophecy (John 1:42); and again...
Tonight let's turn to First Peter chapter one. Of the many disciples that were following Jesus, He chose twelve to be apostles. One of the twelve that was chosen as an apostle was Simon Peter. Simon P...
1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:20; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 15:20;...
Blessed [ε υ λ ο γ η τ ο ς]. eu, well, logov, a word. Well - spoken - of; praised; honored. Used in the New Testament of God only. The kindred verb is applied to human beings, as to Mary (Luke 1:28) :...
JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY 1 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As Peter opens his First Epistle he speaks of the strangers scattered throughout certain countries, then he goes on to tell us some...
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ — His Father, with respect to his divine nature; his God, with respect to his human. Who hath regenerated us to a living hope — An hope which imp...
Observe here, 1. How our apostle breaks forth into gratulation and thankfulness to God, for those special blessings, which, by his ministry, were conferred upon these converted Christians, BLESSED BE...