QUESTIONS OVER CHAPTER ONE 1. What is the meaning of the name Peter? 2. Who are the elect? 3. How are Christians sojourners? 4. What was the Dispersion in the mind of a Jew? How is this term used in 1 Peter 1:1? 5. Define foreknowledge. 6. How did God beget us again? 7. Why does a Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
I. INTRODUCTION AND GREETING 1 PETER 1:1-2 1Pe. 1:1-25 :1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, _Expanded Translation_ Peter, a commissioned messenger of Jesus Christ sent forth with orders, to the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. _Expanded Translation_ Let blessings and... [ Continue Reading ]
2. WORTHY OF _TRIALS AND AN AFFLICTION 1:6-9_ 1 Peter 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials. _Expanded Translation_ In which salvation you rejoice exceedingly within yourselves, even though presently, if it be neces... [ Continue Reading ]
_3. DEEP CONCERN OF PROPHETS AND ANGELS 1:10-12_ 1 Peter 1:10-11 Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ was in them did point unto, when it testifi... [ Continue Reading ]
III. CALL TO HOLINESS 1:132:12 _1. Sobriety and Spiritual Readiness 1:13, 14_ 1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; _Expanded Translation_ Wherefore (on this ac... [ Continue Reading ]
_2. GODLINESS 1:15, 16_ 1 Peter 1:15-16 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy. _Expanded Translation_ but (in contrast) according as he who called you is holy, you yourselves must also be h... [ Continue Reading ]
_3. FEARING GOD 1:17_ 1 Peter 1:17 And if ye call on Him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear: _Expanded Translation_ And in view of the fact you regard God as your Father and therefore call upon Him, who without... [ Continue Reading ]
_4._ The Christian's Ransom 1:18-21 1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: _Expa... [ Continue Reading ]
_5. BROTHERLY LOVE 1:22-25_ 1 Peter 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incurruptible, through the word of God, which liv... [ Continue Reading ]