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C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Peter 2:9

priesthood The New Testament priesthood, Summary: (1) Until the law was given the head of each family was the family priest Genesis 8:20; Genesis 26:25; Genesis 31:54. (2) When the law was proposed, the promise to perfect obedience was that Israel would be unto God "a kingdom of priests" Exodus 19:6. but Israel violated the law, and God shut up the priestly office to the Aaronic family, appointing the tribe of Levi to minister to them, thus constituting the typical priesthood Exodus 28:1. (3)... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 Peter 2:4

Coming to Christ A Sermon (No. 3509) Published on Thursday, April 27th, 1916. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On Lord's-day Evening, June 17th, 1868. "To whom coming." 1 Peter 2:4 IN THESE three words you have, first of all, a blessed person mentioned, under the pronoun "whom"?"To whom coming." In the way of salvation we come alone to Jesus Christ. All comings to baptism, comings to confirmation, comings to sacrament are all null and void unless we come... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 Peter 2:7

Christ Precious to Believers A Sermon (No. 242) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 13th, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious."-- 1 Peter 2:7 THIS TEXT CALLS to my recollection the opening of my ministry. It is about eight years since as a lad of sixteen, I stood up for the first time in my life to preach the gospel in a cottage to a handful of poor people, who had come together for worship. I felt my own... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-25

Chapter 2Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and all envying, and all evil speakings ( 1 Peter 2:1 ),Set these things aside, we're to love one another with a pure heart fervently. Set aside the envying, the hypocrisy, the guile, the evil speaking.And as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: If so be that you have tasted that the Lord is gracious ( 1 Peter 2:2-3 ).There are so many people who desire sensationalism. They desire... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 2:1-25

1 Peter 2:4 . To whom coming as to a living stone. The jews boasted of their temple, an undisputed blessing. But when the christians fled from Jerusalem, they took the true, the living temple with them. Isaiah 28:0. Micah 4:0. 1 Peter 2:7 . Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: τιμη designates honour. On you who trust to this refuge, he confers honour and glory. You rest under the shadow of his throne, and are numbered with his saints. 1 Peter 2:9 . Ye are a chosen... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 2:1-3

1 Peter 2:1-3Wherefore laying aside all malice.Malice laid asideI. That regeneration and the low of sin cannot stand together, it must needs be accompanied with a new life. Do vines bear brambles?II. That there is no perfection here to be attained, for even the best have sin dwelling, though not reigning, in them.III. That it is no easy thing to be a Christian.IV. That under those corruptions here named all others are included.V. That most of those here mentioned are inward corruptions which we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 2:4-5

1 Peter 2:4-5To whom coming, as unto a living stone.Coming-always comingThe Christian life is begun, continued, and perfected altogether in connection with the Lord Jesus Christ. Sometimes when you go a journey, you travel so far under the protection of a certain company, but then you have to change, and the rest of your journey may be performed under very different circumstances, upon quite another kind of line. Now we have not so far to go to heaven in the guardian care of Jesus Christ, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 2:6

1 Peter 2:6It is contained in the Scripture.Wherein the Scriptures exceed all other writingsI. They were inspired all of the Holy Ghost (2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Peter 1:21), so were no other writings.II. They contain a wisdom far above all that can be had by the princes and men of this world (1 Corinthians 6:7).III. They were penned by more excellent men than any other writings: the greatest, wisest, holiest men-Moses, David, Solomon, prophets, evangelists, apostles, etc.IV. They have such properties... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 2:7-8

1 Peter 2:7-8Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.Jesus precious to true believersI. The persons, together with their faith, to whom Jesus is precious.1. The grace of faith, which renders Jesus precious to the soul, is not the faith of assent, or such a faith by which men credit the testimony of Jesus through the gospel.2. It is not only a believing of Christ, but a believing in Christ-the soul’s receiving of, and resting upon Him alone for righteousness, pardon, and salvation.3.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 2:9-10

1 Peter 2:9-10But ye are a chosen generation.The true IsraelI. “Ye are a chosen generation”-the word “generation” here meaning not contemporaries but the offspring of one common parent, the offshoots of one original stock.1. The Israelites were a special “generation,” having sprung from Abraham as their common progenitor. Similarly, believers are a distinct “generation” of men, being all born of one God, and animated by the self-same Divine life. Consequently a striking family likeness prevails... read more

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