1 Peter 1:10-14 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children ,.... Or "children of obedience". This may be connected either with what goes before, that seeing they were children of God, by adopting grace, and in regeneration brought to the obedience of faith, to whom the inheritance belonged, therefore they ought to continue hoping for it; or with what follows, that since they were manifestly the children of God by faith in. Christ Jesus, being begotten again to a lively hope, they ought to be followers of him, and imitate him in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

Of which salvation the prophets have inquired - The incarnation and suffering of Jesus Christ, and the redemption procured by him for mankind, were made known, in a general way, by the prophets; but they themselves did not know the time when these things were to take place, nor the people among and by whom he was to suffer, etc.; they therefore inquired accurately or earnestly, εξεζητησαν , and searched diligently, εξηρευνησαν , inquiring of others who were then under the same... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:11

The glory that should follow - Not only the glory of his resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and the effusion of his Spirit; but that grand manifestation of God's infinite love to the world in causing the Gospel of his Son to be everywhere preached, and the glorious moral changes which should take place in the world under that preaching, and the final glorification of all them who had here received the report, and continued faithful unto death. And we may add to this the ineffable... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:12

Unto whom it was revealed - We may presume that, in a great variety of cases, the prophets did not understand the meaning of their own predictions. They had a general view of God's designs; but of particular circumstances, connected with those great events, they seem to have known nothing, God reserving the explanation of all particulars to the time of the issue of such prophecies. When they wished to find out the times, the seasons, and the circumstances, God gave them to understand that it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

Gird up the loins of your mind - Take courage from this display of God's love now made known to you; and though you must expect trials, yet fortify your minds with the consideration that he who has given you his Son Jesus will withhold from you no manner of thing that is good. The allusion here is to the long robes of the Asiatics, which, when they were about to perform any active service, they tucked in their girdles: this they did also when they waited on their superiors at meals. Hope... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

Not fashioning yourselves - As the offices of certain persons are known by the garb or livery they wear, so are transgressors: where we see the world's livery we see the world's servants; they fashion or habit themselves according to their lusts, and we may guess that they have a worldly mind by their conformity to worldly fashions. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

Verse 10 He hence commends the value of salvation, because the prophets had their minds intensely fixed on it; for it must have been a great matter, and possessing peculiar excellency, which could have thus kindled in the prophets a spirit of inquiry respecting it. But still more clearly does God’s goodness toward us shine forth in this case, because much more is now made known to us than what all the prophets attained by their long and anxious inquiries. At the same time he confirms the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:11

Verse 11 11. And what they inquired is pointed out when he adds, Searching what, or what manner of time There was a difference between the law and the gospel, a veil as it were being interposed, that they might not see those things nearer which are now set before our eyes. Nor was it indeed proper, while Christ the Sun of righteousness was yet absent, that the full light should shine as at mid-day. And though it was their duty to confine themselves within their prescribed limits, yet it was no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:12

Verse 12 12Unto whom it was revealed This passage has been strangely perverted by fanatics, so as to exclude the fathers who lived under the law from the hope of eternal salvation. For it does not deny that the prophets usefully ministered to their own age, and edified the church, but teaches us that their ministry is more useful to us, because we are fallen on the ends of the world. We see how highly they extolled the kingdom of Christ, how assiduous they were in adorning it, how diligently... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

Verse 13 From the greatness and excellency of grace he draws an exhortation, that it surely behoved them the more readily to receive the grace of God, as the more bountifully he bestowed it upon them. And we must notice the connection: he had said, that so elevated was the kingdom of Christ, to which the gospel calls us, that even angels in heaven desire to see it; what then ought to be done by us who are in the world? Doubtless, as long as we live on earth, so great is the distance between us... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

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