1 Peter 1:13-2:13 NIV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13-21

1 Peter 1:13-Ecclesiastes : . Here the practical aim of the epistle becomes at the earliest possible moment clearly manifest. The writer finds in the central reality of the Christian faith— the example, sacrifice, and resurrection of Jesus Christ— the truest source of good conduct. He reminds them that all this has taken place that they may be sharers in the character of God. Hope in God can have no other logical issue than conformity to His will. 1 Peter 1:13 . girding up: a metaphor... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore; the following exhortation may be connected, either with 1 Peter 1:4, Being so glorious an inheritance is reserved in heaven for you, gird up, & c.; or with 1 Peter 1:12; Seeing ye know those things, which the prophets that foretold them did not fully see, and the angels themselves desire to look into; the grace of God vouchsafed to you is so excellent and admirable, gird up, & c. Gird up the loins of your mind; i.e. let your minds be attent, prompt, ready, prepared for your... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-16

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 Peter 1:13. Be sober.—The word suggests a sobriety of the Nazarite type. To the end.—Margin, perfectly; hope with a hope that lacks nothing of completeness.1 Peter 1:14. Obedient children.—Lit. “children of obedience.” Read “lusts which were formerly yours in the time of your ignorance”—before the first revelation of Christ was made to you. It is implied that the ignorance is the mother of the lusts. The words are quite as applicable to unregenerate Jews as to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13

1 Peter 1:13 The Place of Mind in Religion. The phrase may have lost something of its picturesqueness in its transfer from the East to the West and from the first century of the Gospel to the nineteenth. But if St. Peter stood amongst us at this moment here in England, in London, at the exact point of thought and talk and writing which is our position today, I doubt if he could find a word of counsel more suitable or more suggestive than that which speaks in this brief text: "Gird up the loins... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Peter 1:13

DISCOURSE: 2385DIRECTIONS HOW TO SEEK HEAVEN WITH SUCCESS1 Peter 1:13. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.THE truths of God deserve our attention on account of their own excellence; but they are principally to be valued for the effects they produce on our lives. The Apostles never rest satisfied with stating a mere system of doctrines, they invariably proceed to make a practical... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Peter 1:13

for the grace Grace (in salvation). 1 Peter 5:12; Romans 3:24 (See Scofield "Romans 3:24- :") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:1-25

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 Peter was by profession a fisherman. He was called by the Lord from fishing for those Saint Peter's fish in the Sea of Galilee to become a fisher of men, and was a very impulsive person by nature, according to tradition, a very big man physically. He became one of the leaders in the church. And now... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:1-25

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 spoken on Acts 8:1-5. They travelled everywhere preaching Christ, and every family became the germ of a christian church. Throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. These rich provinces comprised, or nearly so, the seven churches of Asia. Bithynia was on the southern shore of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 1:13-16

1 Peter 1:13-16Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind.Tighten the belt“Wherefore,” for this reason, that your salvation was so great an object of interest to prophets and to angels, it becomes you to maintain your faith, your courage, and expectation to the end. “Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind.” The allusion is to the long loose garments worn by the Asiatics.I. The meaning then, is, be thoroughly courageous, genuine, sincere. Make your life compact by the girdle of truth. Avoid... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Ver. 13. Wherefore gird up, &c. ] We are seldom comforted, but we have need to be exhorted. So apt are our hearts to security, and so apt is Satan to interrupt our joys with his base injections. How soon did Hezekiah fondly overshoot himself to the Babylonish ambassadors, after his sweet intercourse with God in holy duties! And how... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:13-21

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-16

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Peter 1:13

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Peter 1:13

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 1:13-16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13

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