1 Peter 1:10-14 NIV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:11

(11) Searching.—This further explains the “inquired and searched” above; it particularises the object of the inquiry. They knew that they spoke “concerning a salvation,” but they did not know the details. The present passage is perhaps the most striking in the whole New Testament in regard to the doctrine of prophetic inspiration. Assuming that the prophets did not speak simply of their own human calculation, but somehow under the influence of the Divine Spirit, we are brought to face the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:12

(12) Unto whom it was revealed.—As 1 Peter 1:11 expanded and expounded the words “inquired and searched,” so the first part of 1 Peter 1:12 expounds the words “prophesied of the grace in reserve for you.” That is to say, the revelation here spoken of is not a special revelation sent in answer to their laborious musings, but rather the very thing which occasioned them; the perplexity consisted in feeling that God had a further meaning for their words. And the exact limits of the revelation are... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:13

(13) Gird up the loins of your mind.—A metaphor from persons gathering up the flowing Oriental dress (which had been let down for repose), so as to be ready for energetic action (e.g., 1 Kings 18:46, for running; Job 38:3, for arguing). What exact kind of action St. Peter meant them here to prepare for we need not inquire. A “mind,” rather than “soul” or “heart,” seems to bespeak practical intelligence. Thus when the Galatians, too, began to fall from evangelical to Judaic religion St. Paul... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:13-25

(13-4: 6) EXHORTATION TO KEEP A PURE CONSCIENCE.—It is the only charm against persecution. It is like Christ to suffer with a good conscience; and He had His reward for it, in bringing us, and even the spirits of men who had died impenitent, to God thereby. It is the very meaning of the baptism by which He saves us. To feel its beauty and safety, we have but to consider the ugliness and danger of our former life. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:14

(14) As obedient children.—Literally, as children of obedience—children, i.e., in the sense of relationship, not of age. It is characteristic of the writer to keep one thought underlying many digressions, and so here, the appeal to them as “children” is based on the “begotten again” of 1 Peter 1:3, and “inheritance” of 1 Peter 1:4; it comes up again in 1 Peter 1:17, “the Father”; in 1 Peter 1:22, “the brethren”; and again in 1 Peter 1:23, “begotten again.” The usual characteristic of Jews in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Peter 1:1-25

The Trial of Faith 1 Peter 1:6-7 What is faith? Faith is the heart setting to its seal that God is true. Faith is an appropriating grace. Faith is an apprehending grace. True faith has a quick ear, a clear eye, a ready hand, and a Divine capacity for the word of God. One is tempted to ask, Why does our heavenly Father permit the faith of His poor children to be tried? The answer is in our text, because the trial of your faith is much more 'precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:10-12

Chapter 3 THE UNITY AND GLORIOUSNESS OF THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION1 Peter 1:10-12THE message of the Gospel unlocks the treasures of Old Testament revelation. Evangelists and Apostles are the exponents of the prophets. The continuity of Divine revelation has never been broken. The Spirit which spake through Joel of the Pentecostal outpouring had spoken to men in the earlier days, to Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, and was now shed forth upon the first preachers of the Gospel, and bestowed... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-21

Chapter 4 THE CHRISTIAN’S IDEAL, AND THE STEPS THEREUNTO1 Peter 1:13-21THE Apostle, who has set forth the character of the Christian’s election, who has given to the converts large assurance for the hope which he exhorts them to hold, who has proclaimed the exceeding glory of their inheritance in the future and how its nature had been foreshadowed in type and prophecy, now turns to those practical lessons which he would enforce from the doctrines of election and of future glory in heaven. Such... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-21

Analysis and Annotations I. THE SUFFERING OF BELIEVERS AND EXHORTATIONS TO HOLY LIVING CHAPTER 1:1-21 1. The introduction and doxology (1 Peter 1:1-5 ) 2. Suffering and the coming glory (1 Peter 1:6-9 ) 3. As revealed in the prophets (1 Peter 1:10-12 ) 4. Exhortations to holy living (1 Peter 1:13-21 ) 1 Peter 1:1-5 As stated in the introduction, Peter writes to believing Jews in the dispersion throughout the provinces mentioned in the first verse. There is at once pointed out a... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

1:10 {3} Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:(3) He makes a difference between true faith, that is to say, that faith which only has an eye to the doctrine of the prophets and apostles, and false faith. Afterward he makes two degrees of one and the same faith, according to the manner of the various revelations, when as in deed it is but one only faith. Thirdly, he says that the preaching of the apostles... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:13-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Peter 1:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:10-12

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-21

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-21

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10

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