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Verse 1 Peter 1:4. _TO AN INHERITANCE_] Called an _inheritance_
because it belongs to the _children_ of God. Eternal life cannot be a
gift to any but _these_; for, even in heaven, the _lot_ is dealt o...
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TO AN INHERITANCE - Through the resurrection of the Lord Jesus we now
cherish the hope of that future inheritance in heaven. On the word
inheritance, see the Acts 20:32 note; Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians...
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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...
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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...
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TO. App-104.
INCORRUPTIBLE. See Romans 1:23.
UNDEFILED. See Hebrews 7:26.
THAT FADETH, &C. = unfading. Greek. _amarantos._ Only here. Compare 1
Peter 5:4.
HEAVEN. the heavens. See
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_to an inheritance incorruptible_ The clause is co-ordinate with the
preceding and depends upon the word "begotten." The idea of the
"inheritance" is again essentially Pauline (Acts 20:32; Galatians
3...
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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...
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ΕἸΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΊΑΝ. The goal to which our hope points
forward is the spiritual Canaan, “the lot of our inheritance.”
Unlike the earthly Canaan it can never be ravaged by hostile marauders
(ἄφθαρτον) or p...
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ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΆ (G2817) наследство. Это слово
может обозначать уже полученную
собственность, а также ожидаемое
наследство. Здесь верующий уже
обладает наследством, не на земле, но
на небе, это другое назва...
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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...
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TO AN INHERITANCE— St. Peter had spoken of the _hope of life,_ 1
Peter 1:3. He now explains what he meant by that_life;_ even the
greatest felicity that canbe enjoyed, which he compares to an
inherita...
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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...
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you,
TO AN INHERITANCE - the object of "hope" (1 Peter 1:3); therefore not
a dead, but a 'living' ho...
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VERSE 4 TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE AND UNDEFILED.
Here the apostle describes that for which we hope, and he adds to the
same the fact that the elect are heirs. The word "inheritance" conveys
the...
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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...
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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...
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INHERITANCE] The land of promise (Hebrews 11:9) was the inheritance of
Israel. During all their wanderings this was reserved for them, but
they were taught in many ways that it was a type of a better...
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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...
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An *inheritance is what becomes yours by law after the death of the
present owner. It is usually land or property. In the *Old Testament,
the *inheritance often refers to the country of Canaan. God ga...
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TO AN INHERITANCE. — This is structurally parallel to and
explanatory of, the clause “into a living hope” We are, as the
saying is, born to an estate. This notion of an “inheritance,” or
property, tha...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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εἰς κληρ … ἀμάραντον, as God's sons in virtue of
their regeneration they are God's heirs (Galatians 4:7) and have an
heavenly inheritance. The accumulated adjectives recall various images
employed to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Reserved in heaven for you. Literally, in you; that is, it is also in
you by reason of that lively faith and hope, which is in you, of
enjoying Christ. (Witham)_...
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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...
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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...
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4_To an inheritance _(8) The three words which follow are intended to
amplify God’s grace; for Peter (as I have before said) had this
object in view, to impress our minds thoroughly as to its excellen...
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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...
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TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE,.... This is a further explanation of
the "lively hope", or hope laid up in heaven, which regenerate ones
are begotten to: it is an "inheritance"; a large estate, and r...
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you,
Ver. 4. _Undefiled, and that fadeth not_] The two Greek words here
used are also Latin; Amiantus...
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_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...
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TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE, AND UNDEFILED, AND THAT FADES NOT
AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,...
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A PRAISE OF GOD FOR HIS MANIFOLD BLESSINGS.
The wonderful gifts of God's grace:...
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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),...
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FOR YOU:
Or, for us...
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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...
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TO AN INHERITANCE; so eternal life is called, EPHESIANS 1:18, and
elsewhere, as being given not as wages to hirelings, but as an
inheritance to children born of God, and adopted to him.
INCORRUPTIBLE;...
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Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
The Father of immortality sent the immortal Son and Word into the
world, who came to man in order to wash him with water and the Spirit;
and He, begetti...
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1 Peter 1:4 to G1519 inheritance G2817 incorruptible G862 and G2532
undefiled G283 and G2532 away G263 reserved G5083 ...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:4. UNTO AN INHERITANCE. Some connect this closely with the
_hope,_ as a definition of that to which it points a living hope
looking to the inheritance. Most connect it with the _begat,_ the...
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UNTO AN INHERITANCE
(εις κληρονομιαν). Old word (from κληρονομος,
heir) for the property received by the heir (Matthew 21:38), here a
picture of the blessedness in store for us pilgrims (Galatians...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WE LOOK FORWARD. Our living hope is not merely of eternal existence,
but we become sons and daughters of God, and will share in everything
God keeps for his people! IN HEAVEN. "This is better than any...
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_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...
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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.
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:4 The “hope” of v. 1 Peter 1:3 is now
described as an INHERITANCE. This word often describes the Promised
Land and Israel’s place in it ...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Peter 3:9; 1 Peter 5:4;...
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An inheritance [κ λ η ρ ο ν ο μ ι α ν]. A Pauline word,
from klhrov, a lot, and nemomai, to distribute among themselves. Hence
an inheritance is originally a portion which one receives by lot in a
gen...
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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...
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To an inheritance — For if we are sons, then heirs. Incorruptible
— Not like earthly treasures. Undefiled — Pure and holy, incapable
of being itself defiled, or of being enjoyed by any polluted soul....