1 Peter 1:1-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:1

The Sender and Recipients of the Letter And Their Status (1 Peter 1:1-2 ). ‘Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.’ The letter is addressed by ‘the Apostle’ Peter to district churches in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), their names given in the order in which the messenger would visit them. It is probable that these areas were areas that Paul had not visited (Galatia here referring to northern... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:2

‘(Elect) according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.’ And who are the ‘elect’? Here they are clearly defined, and it will be noted that it is in terms of the activity of the whole Godhead, an activity which results in our being fitted for His presence and becoming obedient to His will. · Firstly they have been chosen ‘according to the foreknowledge (prognosis)... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-4

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that does not fade not away, reserved in heaven for you,’ We should note here Who it is Who has wrought for us, it is ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’. And we should note what He has wrought. ‘He has begotten us again to a living hope’ (note the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-12

The Great Privilege and Blessing That Is Theirs As God’s Elect Which Even Angels Desire To Look Into (1 Peter 1:3-12 ). The result of God’s foreknowing of us, and of the sanctifying work of the Spirit is now made clear as Peter expands on the activity of God. He is emphasising that God Himself works on us and within us through ‘sanctification in the Spirit’, and gives praise to God for it. This will then be followed in 1 Peter 1:13-16 with the expansion of ‘unto obedience, and in 17-20 with... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:5

‘Who by the power of God are being guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.’ And all these things are guaranteed to us because we are ‘being continually closely guarded’ (a direct military term) by the power of God, (compare John 10:27-29), Who has our salvation always in view, so that we will be made ready to be manifested and openly revealed ‘at the last time’. This is a security enjoyed by us ‘through faith’. But it should be noted that it is not the... read more

Arthur Peake

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

1 Peter 1:1 f. The provinces named cover the whole of Asia Minor, since Pamphylia is probably reckoned in Galatia, Cilicia as belonging to Syria, and Lycia may not have possessed Christian communities. The order from NW. to SE. may represent the route of the bearers of the letter. The verses contain the cause, method, and purpose of their choice by God, which involves a covenant of fellowship. The salutation is similar to that in Rom. and Gal., but the phrase be multiplied is found only in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-12

1 Peter 1:3-2 Kings : . The section contains a deep and rich thanksgiving to God for the certainty of an eternal fellowship with Christ. This no sufferings can mar, nor death itself break. He is the unseen Friend, and since they know Him by the power of faith, they have a richer inheritance than the prophets, and in their joy is a note that is wanting even in the song of angels. 1 Peter 1:7 . revelation: lit. apocalypse. Thus was every manifestation of Christ regarded. He is always present,... read more

Matthew Poole

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

To the strangers; not only metaphorically strangers, as all believers are in the world, 1 Peter 2:11; but properly, as being out of their own land, and so really strangers in the places here mentioned. Scattered; so James 1:1. Throughout Pontus; a country of the Lesser Asia, bordering upon the Euxine sea, and reaching as far as Colchis. Galatia; which borders upon Pontus, and lies southward of it. To the Gentile churches inhabiting here, Paul wrote his Epistle inscribed to the Galatians.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:2

By elect he means, either: 1. Singled out of the world, and separated unto God in their effectual calling, as 1 Corinthians 1:1; those that are said to be called, 1 Corinthians 1:26, are said to be chosen, 1 Corinthians 1:27,1 Corinthians 1:28; and so the word seems to be taken, James 2:5; or: 2. Chosen to salvation, and the means of it, in God’s eternal decree, Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13. According to the foreknowledge; either: 1. The Divine preordination, or decree of election, as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; either the conjunction and is here but an explicative particle, and so we render it, 2 Corinthians 1:3, God, even the Father, & c.; or if we take it for a copulative, as Ephesians 1:3; God is called the God of Jesus Christ, according to Christ’s human nature, and his Father according to his Divine. Which according to his abundant mercy; this shows the fountain from whence regeneration and all other spiritual blessings flow, and... read more

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