The trial of your faith; that is, the result of its being tried; or, which amounts to the same thing, your faith itself after it has been so tried; for it is not the trial that is precious, but its product.
Than of gold; more literally, than gold.
Though it be tried with fire; judged worth such a trial, notwithstanding its perishable nature, while your faith is imperishable.
1 PETER 1:7 doki,mion {A} The word doki,mion, which in classical Greek meant “a means or instrument of testing,” in koine Greek came to be used as an adjective equivalent in meaning to do,kimon “appr...
Verse 7. _THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE_ _PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD_] As by the action of fire gold is separated from all alloy and heterogeneous mixtures, and is proved to be gold by its...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH - The putting of your religion to the test, and showing what is its real nature. Compare James 1:3, James 1:12. BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD - This does not mean...
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...
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina_. THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH. your tested faith, as in James 1:3. PERISHETH. Greek. _apollumi._ See first occurance: Matthew 2:13. WITH. App-104. 1 Peter 1:1....
_that the trial of your faith_ The use of the self-same phrase as in James 1:3 strengthens the conclusion suggested in the previous note as to St Peter's knowledge of this Epistle. TEST, perhaps even...
ΤῸ ΔΟΚΊΜΙΟΝ. It is commonly stated that τὸ δοκίμιον must be a substantive and is equivalent to δοκιμεῖον = _a means of testing_. It certainly has that meaning in Proverbs 27:21, δοκίμιον� = fire is th...
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...
ΔΟΚΊΜΙΟΝ (G1381) испытанный, одобренный после испытания, подлинный. Подлинность их веры испытывается в ходе процесса, который сродни проверке подлинности металла, а вера более драгоценна, чем драгоцен...
DISCOURSE: 2381 THE END OF AFFLICTION 1 Peter 1:6. _Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, be...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, &C.— "Though _gold_ loses nothing in the furnace, yet will it by length of time wear away, or be affected with rust, though not so soon as some other metals; and it will...
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_...
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: A...
VERSE 7 THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH."Manifold temptations" of the sixth verse are here referred to as trials of faith. Persecutions by stripes, imprisonment and death are the severest tests of one's...
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...
THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH] RV 'The proof of your faith.' St. Peter means it is worth while to purify even perishable gold, much more your faith (cp. Job 23:10; Psalms 66:10; Proverbs 17:3;...
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...
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...
It is easy to be a Christian when life is favourable. But Christians often have troubles in their lives. God uses these troubles to make their *faith in God strong and pure. To have *faith in God mean...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH. — This depends grammatically on “having been grieved.” The purpose of God’s providence in sending the griefs is “that the trial of your faith might be found unto praise.”...
(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...
τὸ δοκίμιον. The evidence of the papyri (Deissmann, _Bible Studies_, pp. 259 ff.) shows that δοκίμιος is a bye form of the adjective δόκιμος _approved_; so Psalms 12:7, ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον δοκίμιον ...
Exult then. These various temptations to which you are exposed cause present grief. But they are part of God's plan for you. Even material perishable gold is tried in the fire. So is your faith tested...
_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...
REJOICING DESPITE TRIALS They rejoiced because of all the things listed in verses 3-5. They rejoiced though they were enduring a time of heaviness brought on by the trials they were experiencing. Of c...
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the (e) appearing of Jesus Christ:...
_At the appearing of Jesus Christ. Literally, in the revelation; i.e. when he shall be revealed, manifested, and appear at the day of judgment. (Witham)_...
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: (7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishet...
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...
7._Much more precious than of gold _The argument is from the less to the greater; for if gold, a corruptible metal, is deemed of so much value that we prove it by fire, that it may become really valua...
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...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH,.... This is the principal end which God has in afflictive providences, to try the faith of his people; so the faith of Abraham, Job, Habakkuk, and others, have been tried...
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Ver...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD THAT PERISHETH, THOUGH IT BE TRIED WITH FIRE, MIGHT BE FOUND UNTO PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST;...
A PRAISE OF GOD FOR HIS MANIFOLD BLESSINGS. The wonderful gifts of God's grace:...
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),...
_ 1 Peter 1:7 ‘that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Je...
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...
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH; i.e. your faith when tried. He compares the faith of the saints with gold, and argues from the less to the greater: q.d. If men do so far esteem their gold, that they wil...
1 Peter 1:7 that G2443 genuineness G1383 your G5216 faith G4102 much G4183 precious G5093 gold G5553 perishes G622 ...
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...
‘In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in manifold trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes thou...
THIS WORK WILL GO ON AMIDST OUR PRESENT TRIALS AND WE MUST THEREFORE KEEP OUR EYES ON HIM (1 PETER 1:6). But while salvation may in the end be guaranteed for all who are truly His, there is no promise...
Only now does Peter introduce the sufferings of his readers. Before naming these, he has made the bright realities of their privilege pass in rapid vision before their troubled eye. He has led them to...
1 Peter 1:7. THAT THE PROOF OF YOUR FAITH, etc. The statement now introduced connects itself closely with the conditional notice of suffering. It points them at once to the ultimate object of their po...
THE PROOF OF YOUR FAITH (το δοκιμιον υμων της πιστεως). The identical phrase in James 1:3 and probably derived from there by Peter. See there for discussion of το δοκιμιον (the test or touchstone o...
MIGHT Suffering, in First Peter, is set in the light of: (1) assured salvation. (1 Peter 1:2). (2) the greater glory at Christ's appearing. (1 Peter 1:7); (3) Christ's sufferings and coming glorie...
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, 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._ 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...
THEIR PURPOSE IS TO PROVE. "There is a reason why God allows these things to happen to you. They are to prove that your faith is genuine. All false believers will be _weeded out_ by the many kinds of...
_Wherein ye greatly rejoice._ JOY AND TRIAL IN THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE I. The Christian’s joy. 1. It is present joy. God’s service is gladsome even now (1 Peter 1:8; Philippians 4:4). Nor is this joy f...
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. ⇐
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:6 LITTLE WHILE covers all their earthly life before they inherit future salvation. IF NECESSARY. Their sufferings are God’s will. He wants their FAITH to be
_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 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 2:4;...
Trial [δ ο κ ι μ ι ο ν]. Only here and James 1:3. Rev., proof. The word means a test. As the means of proof, however, is not only the touchstone itself, but the trace of the metal left upon it, the se...
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...
That the trial of your faith — That is, your faith which is tried. Which is much more precious than gold — For gold, though it bear the fire, yet will perish with the world. May be found — Though it d...