1 Peter 2:1-3
FURTHER PRACTICAL ADMONITIONS. 1 Peter 2:1 Growth in holiness:... [ Continue Reading ]
FURTHER PRACTICAL ADMONITIONS. 1 Peter 2:1 Growth in holiness:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, LAYING ASIDE ALL MALICE, AND ALL GUILE, AND HYPOCRISIES, AND ENVIES, AND ALL EVIL-SPEAKINGS,... [ Continue Reading ]
AS NEW-BORN BABES, DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD, THAT YE MAY GROW THEREBY;... [ Continue Reading ]
IF SO BE YE HAVE TASTED THAT THE LORD IS GRACIOUS. The apostle here continues the admonitions which he began in chapter 1, placing the old evil life of the unconverted in opposition to the sanctification of the believers: Laying aside, then, all wickedness, all guile and hypocrisy and envy, and all... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WHOM COMING, AS UNTO A LIVING STONE, DISALLOWED INDEED OF MEN, BUT CHOSEN OF GOD AND PRECIOUS,... [ Continue Reading ]
Lively stones built up on Christ:... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ALSO, AS LIVELY STONES, ARE BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, AN HOLY PRIESTHOOD, TO OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES, ACCEPTABLE TO GOD BY JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE ALSO IT IS CONTAINED IN THE SCRIPTURE, BEHOLD, I LAY IN SION A CHIEF CORNER-STONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS; AND HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE CONFOUNDED.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO YOU, THEREFORE, WHICH BELIEVE, HE IS PRECIOUS; BUT UNTO THEM WHICH BE DISOBEDIENT, THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS DISALLOWED, THE SAME IS MADE THE HEAD OF THE CORNER,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND A STONE OF STUMBLING, AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE, EVEN TO THEM WHICH STUMBLE AT THE WORD, BEING DISOBEDIENT, WHEREUNTO ALSO THEY WERE APPOINTED. This entire paragraph refers to the Lord, of whom St. Peter had spoken in verse 3. Making use of a new figure or picture, the apostle writes: To whom coming... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, AN HOLY NATION, A PECULIAR PEOPLE, THAT YE SHOULD SHOW FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HATH CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;... [ Continue Reading ]
The royal priesthood of the Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH IN TIME PAST WERE NOT A PEOPLE, BUT ARE NOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD; WHICH HAD NOT OBTAINED MERCY, BUT NOW HAVE OBTAINED MERCY. A greater contrast cannot be conceived of than that which the apostle here presents with regard to the unbelievers and the believers. The unbelievers, by their own fault, h... [ Continue Reading ]
DEARLY BELOVED, I BESEECH YOU AS STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS, ABSTAIN FROM FLESHLY LUSTS, WHICH WAR AGAINST THE SOUL;... [ Continue Reading ]
SPECIFIC ADMONITIONS CONCERNING THE STATION OF THE CHRISTIANS. General requirements:... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING YOUR CONVERSATION HONEST AMONG THE GENTILES, THAT, WHEREAS THEY SPEAK AGAINST YOU AS EVIL-DOERS, THEY MAY BY YOUR GOOD WORKS, WHICH THEY SHALL BEHOLD, GLORIFY GOD IN THE DAY OF VISITATION. Having pointed out the inestimable blessings and privileges which the Christians enjoy, the apostle now... [ Continue Reading ]
SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO EVERY ORDINANCE OF MAN FOR THE LORD'S SAKE, WHETHER IT BE TO THE KING, AS SUPREME,... [ Continue Reading ]
Obedience to the constituted authorities:... [ Continue Reading ]
OR UNTO GOVERNORS, AS UNTO THEM THAT ARE SENT BY HIM FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF EVIL-DOERS, AND FOR THE PRAISE OF THEM THAT DO WELL.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SO IS THE WILL OF GOD, THAT WITH WELL DOING YE MAY PUT TO SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF FOOLISH MEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FREE, AND NOT USING YOUR LIBERTY FOR A CLOAK OF MALICIOUSNESS, BUT AS THE SERVANTS OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOR ALL MEN. LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD. FEAR GOD. HONOR THE KING. Here the apostle mentions some specific instances in which his instructions concerning the behavior of the Christians over against the heathen should find their application: Submit yourselves to every human authority for the Lord's sake,... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS, BE SUBJECT TO YOUR MASTERS WITH ALL FEAR, NOT ONLY TO THE GOOD AND GENTLE, BUT ALSO TO THE FROWARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The submission of slaves:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS IS THANKWORTHY, IF A MAN FOR CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD ENDURE GRIEF, SUFFERING WRONGFULLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT GLORY IS IT, IF, WHEN YE BE BUFFETED FOR YOUR FAULTS, YE SHALL TAKE IT PATIENTLY? BUT IF, WHEN YE DO WELL AND SUFFER FOR IT, YE TAKE IT PATIENTLY, THIS IS ACCEPTABLE WITH GOD. Having shown the proper relation of the citizens to their government, the apostle here delineates the attitude whic... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVEN HEREUNTO WERE YE CALLED, BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE, THAT YE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS;... [ Continue Reading ]
The inspiring example of Christ:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO DID NO SIN, NEITHER WAS GUILE FOUND IN HIS MOUTH;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO, WHEN HE WAS REVILED, REVILED NOT AGAIN; WHEN HE SUFFERED, HE THREATENED NOT, BUT COMMITTED HIMSELF TO HIM THAT JUDGETH RIGHTEOUSLY;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HIS OWN SELF BARE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE, THAT WE, BEING DEAD TO SINS, SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS; BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YE WERE AS SHEEP GOING ASTRAY, BUT ARE NOW RETURNED UNTO THE SHEPHERD AND BISHOP OF YOUR SOULS. The first reason for suffering wrong readily is the good pleasure of God, the second is that of the Christian's calling, as it is typified in the example of Christ: For to this end you were called, be... [ Continue Reading ]