Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Peter 1:1
Malice] RV 'wickedness.' A general word, as, beginning a new life, they must turn from worldly vices and become as little children (Matthew 18:3). With this and the following v. cp. James 1:21.
Malice] RV 'wickedness.' A general word, as, beginning a new life, they must turn from worldly vices and become as little children (Matthew 18:3). With this and the following v. cp. James 1:21.
THE FIRST GENERAL EPISTLE OF PETER. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle._ -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, and other eastern writ...
PETER, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST - On the word apostle, see the Romans 1:1 note; 1 Corinthians 9:1 ff notes. TO THE STRANGERS - In the Greek, the word “elect” (see...
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...
1 PETER 1:1 F. The provinces named cover the whole of Asia Minor, since Pamphylia is probably reckoned in Galatia, Cilicia as belonging to Syria, and Lycia may not have possessed Christian communities...
APOSTLE. App-189. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. STRANGERS. Greek. _parepidemos._ See 1 Peter 2:11 and Hebrews 11:13. The word "elect" from 1 Peter 1:2 must be read here "elect strangers"; compare Revised Ver...
_Peter_ We note that the new name which his Lord had given him has replaced, in his own mind as in that of others, that of Simon Bar-jona (Matthew 16:17), by which he had once been known. So, in like...
1 Peter 1:1-2. SALUTATION 1 I, Peter, am writing this letter as the commissioned Apostle of Jesus Christ and you, my readers in various Roman provinces of Asia Minor are God’s chosen people, the new...
ΠΈΤΡΟΣ. His old name Simon is only used in narrative passages before his call as an Apostle, but our Lord afterwards addressed him as Simon, Simon Bar Jona, or Simon son of John, and St James in his s...
ΑΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ (G652) апостол, официальный представитель, избранный и облеченный властью пославшего его (TDNT; Best; TLNT; EDNT; 1 Corinthians 1:1). Об отсутствии артикля при всех существительных этого сти...
DISCOURSE: 2379 OFFICES OF THE HOLY TRINITY 1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to...
TO THE STRANGERS SCATTERED, &C.— "To those Christians whom Providence has dispersed through various countries, and whom divine grace has taught to consider themselves, wherever they dwell, as stranger...
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, _Ex...
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, PETER - Greek of Cephas, man of rock. AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. 'He wh...
VERSE 1 PETER, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. In the very outset the author of this Epistle gives his name Peter. Around this name many sacred memories are entwined. The Lord himself chose the writer her...
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...
1:1 sojourners (e-8) As ch. 2.11; Hebrews 11:13 ....
In those days people used to start letters with a greeting. This letter therefore starts with a greeting. The greeting tells us who is writing the letter. It also tells us who will read the letter. ‘...
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...
PETER, AN APOSTLE. — The authoritative tone of this Epistle is shown at the outset. The writer assumes his full titles; not (as in the Second Epistle) his merely human name of Simeon, nor his humble c...
CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE WORK OF THE TRINITY IN MAN'S ELECTION AND SALVATION 1 Peter 1:1 "WHEN thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren," Luke 22:32 was the Lord's injunction...
ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς, _elect sojourners of dispersion_, a combination of titles of Israel appropriated to Christians in accordance with the universal principle of the early Church. (1.) Th...
Peter the High Commissioner of Jesus, who is Messiah of Greeks as of Jews, sends greeting after the Christian fashion, in which the Greek and Jewish formulas have been combined and transformed, to the...
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...
THE ADDRESSEES, SCATTERED STRANGERS It is such an author who writes this book "To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia" (1 Peter 1:1). The ones addressed a...
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed. Literally, of the dispersion; i.e. to the Jews or Gentiles now converted, who lived dispersed in those countries, chosen or elected[1] ac...
CONTENTS The Apostle, after opening his Epistle with Salutation, immediately establisheth the fundamental Truth of the Covenant in Christ, and breaks out into an Hymn of Praise for the Divine Love. H...
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...
1_Peter, an apostle _What in this salutation is the same with those of Paul, requires no new explanation. When Paul prayed for _grace _and _peace, _the verb is left out; but Peter adds it, and says, _...
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...
PETER, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST,.... The writer of this epistle describes himself first by his name, Peter, the same with Cephas, which signifies a rock, or stone; a name given him by Christ at his...
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Ver. 1. _To the strangers_] That is, to the provincial Jews. _See Trapp on "_...
_Peter, &c., to the strangers_ Or _sojourners_, as παρεπιδημοις more properly signifies; that is, to the Jewish or Gentile Christians _sojourning_ on earth: see on 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalms 39:12; He...
STRANGERS; Jewish Christians, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, etc., provinces of Asia Minor. The people of God are scattered throughout various countries that they may show the nature of true re...
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION....
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,...
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 1:1 ‘to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia…'_ The word ‘alien' (sojourner ASV), denotes, ‘sojourning in. strange place, an exile'...
_ 1 Peter 1:1 ‘Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen'_ “PETER” -The Greek form of the A...
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...
1 PETER CHAPTER 1 1 PETER 1:1,2 The apostle's address to the strangers elect in Christ, dispersed throughout the Lesser Asia. 1 PETER 1:3 He blesseth God for having raised them to the hope of a bl...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews " Undoubtedly, by not receiving Christ, the "fount of water of life," they have begun to have "worn-out tanks," that is, synagogues for the use of the "dispersions of...
1 Peter 1:1-25:1 Peter G4074 apostle G652 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 pilgrims G3927 Dispersion G1290 Pontus G4195 Galatia...
THE SENDER AND RECIPIENTS OF THE LETTER AND THEIR STATUS (1 PETER 1:1). ‘Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and...
The writer opens with a greeting which is equally remarkable for its wealth of idea and for its admirable reflection of the combined gravity, tenderness, and animation of the body of the Epistle. In f...
PETER (Πετρος). Greek form for the Aramaic (Chaldaic) Χηφας, the nickname given Simon by Jesus when he first saw him (John 1:42) and reaffirmed in the Greek form on his great confession (Matthew 16:...
1 Peter 1:1 I. Election in its source: "elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father." II. Election in its means: "elect through sanctification of the Spirit." (1) Election first shows itse...
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,_ 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._ 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...
FROM PETER, AN APOSTLE. Peter does not claim authority higher than the other apostles. TO GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. See Romans 8:29-30 and notes. REFUGEES SCATTERED. DIASPORA originally meant the Jews who...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:1 Opening. Peter identifies himself as the author. The readers are identified as “elect exiles” and their salvation is credited to the work of the Father, Spirit, and Son....
THE PRESENT POWER OF THE FUTURE SALVATION _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 1:1. PETER.—This may be called his official, his apostolic name, as distinguished from his personal name Simon, or Si...
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 16:19; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:15;...
Peter [π ε τ ρ ο ς]. See on Matthew 16:18. As Paul in his letters does not call himself by his original name of Saul, so Peter calls himself, not Simon, but Peter, the name most significant and precio...
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...
To the sojourners — Upon earth, the Christians, chiefly those of Jewish extraction. Scattered — Long ago driven out of their own land. Those scattered by the persecution mentioned Acts 8:1, were scatt...
Observe here, 1. The penman of this epistle described by his name, PETER; by his office, AN APOSTLE; by the author of his office, JESUS CHRIST. This name PETER was given him by our Saviour, and signif...