1 Peter 1:5

Kept] RV 'guarded': cp. Galatians 3:23; Philippians 4:7. Salvation] RV 'a salvation.' The Gk. means 'safety,' 'health,' and is so used in Acts 27:34; Hebrews 11:7. It must have had to all early Christians some of the freshness of a metaphor (cp. The Order of the Visitation of the Sick: 'in whom, and through whom, thou mayest receive health and salvation'), and here, as in Acts 4:12, St. Peter seems to pass from the simple to the deeper significance. In the last time] The Gk. might be rendered, 'in a time of extremity,' i.e. when things are at the worst: cp. Daniel 12:1.

Lively stones] RV 'living stones,' as in 1 Peter 2:4. The whole process of salvation is a process of life: cp. John 1:4; John 4:10; John 6:35; John 11:25; John 14:6; Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:20 and 1 Peter 1:23; (RM). Are built up] i.e. are being built up.