QUESTIONS OVER CHAPTER TWO 1. Of what significance is the therefore of 1 Peter 2:1? 2. To what _particular_ evil does the word wickedness most likely refer? (1 Peter 2:1) 3. What is _guile?_ 4. What did _hypocrite_ mean before the word took on a religious significance? 5. How many times do... [ Continue Reading ]
_6. THINGS TO PUT AWAY 2:1_ 1 Peter 2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, _Expanded Translation_ Laying down and renouncing therefore all ill-will, and all fraud, and hypocritical behavior, and envies and all slanderous rema... [ Continue Reading ]
_7. BEING LIKE BABIES 2:2_ 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; _Expanded Translation_ Just as newborn babies long for their physical milk, you must desire earnestly the spiritual milk which is without guile, th... [ Continue Reading ]
_8. THE LIVING STONE AND SPIRITUAL HOUSE 2:3-10_ 1 Peter 2:3-4 if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: unto whom coming, a living stone rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious. _Expanded Translation_ Presuming you have tasted and enjoyed the flavor of Christianity and that the L... [ Continue Reading ]
_9. CONDUCT AS SOJOURNERS 2:11, 12_ 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; _Expanded Translation_ Loved ones, I implore you as foreigners and sojourners (whose fatherland is in heaven), to keep from yourselves and... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. DUTIES TOWARD OTHERS 2:133:12 _1. Toward Civil Government 2:13-17_ 1 Peter 2:13-14 Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king as supreme; or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well. _Expanded Translation... [ Continue Reading ]
_2. TOWARD MASTERS 2:18-25_ 1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. _Expanded Translation_ You domestic servants (or household slaves), be subjecting yourselves to your master-owners, with all respect and def... [ Continue Reading ]