1 Peter 2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:3

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious ; rather, if ye tasted . If ye once tasted the good Word of God ( Hebrews 6:4 , Hebrews 6:5 ), if ye tasted of the heavenly gift which comes through that Word ( 1 Peter 1:23 ), long after it that ye may g-row therein. The "if" does not imply doubt; the apostle supposes that they have once tasted, and urges them, on the ground of that first taste, to long for more. The first experiences of the Christian life stimulate God's people to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:4

To whom coming as unto a living stone. Omit the words, "as unto," which are not in the Greek, and weaken the sense. The participle is present; the Christian must be ever coming to Christ, riot only once for all, but always, every day. The ', living Stone" is Christ; the "Lord" of Psalms 34:8 is Jehovah. St. Peter passes from the figure of milk to that of a chief cornerstone. So St. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 ., after saying that he had fed his Corinthian converts "with milk, and not... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:4-6

A Jew, writing to Jews, very naturally made use of language and of metaphors based upon the usages and practices of the Jewish religion. Peter knew well that the temple offices and observances, the building and its purposes, to which he here referred, had all their meaning in their relation to the Savior in whom he and his fellow-Christians believed, in their relation to the gospel which he preached. I. CHRISTIANS ARE THE MATERIAL OF THE TRUE AND SPIRITUAL TEMPLE . ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:5

Ye also, as lively stones ; rather, living stones . The word is the same as that used in 1 Peter 2:4 . Christians are living stones in virtue of their union with the one living Stone: "Because I live, ye shall live also." Are built up a spiritual house ; rather, be ye built up . The imperative rendering seems more suitable than the indicative, and the passive than the middle. The Christian comes; God builds him up on the one Foundation. The apostle says," Come to be built up;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:6

Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture ; literally, because it contains in Scripture . There is no article according to the best manuscripts; and the verb ( περιέχει ) is impersonal; it is similarly used in Josephus, 'Ant.,' 11.7. Compare the use of the substantive περιοχή in Acts 8:32 . St. Peter proceeds to quote the prophecy ( Isaiah 28:16 ) to which he has already referred. Behold, I lay in Zion a chief Cornerstone, elect, precious. The passage is taken from... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:7

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious ; rather, unto you therefore which believe is the honor . The apostle applies the last clause of the prophecy to his readers: they believe, they are built up by faith upon the chief Cornerstone; therefore the honor implied in the words of the prophet, "He that believeth on him shall not be confounded" is theirs. There may also be in the word τιμή , honor, an echo of the ἔντιμος ("precious," literally, "held in honor") of 1 Peter 2:6... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:8

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense . St. Peter combines Isaiah 8:14 with his first quotations, as St. Paul also does (Ram. 9:33), both apostles quoting from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint, which is quite different, inserting two negatives. The living Stone is not only made the Head of the corner to the confusion of the disobedient, but becomes also to their destruction a Stone of stumbling; they fall on that Stone, and are broken ( Matthew 21:44 ). That Stone is a Rock... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen generation . The pronoun "ye" is emphatic. St. Peter is drawing a contrast between the disobedient and unbelieving Jews and Christian people whether Jews or Gentiles; he ascribes to Christians, in a series of phrases quoted from the Old Testament, the various privileges which had belonged to the children of Israel. The words, "a chosen generation" ( γένος ἐκλεκτόν ), are from Isaiah 43:20 , γένος μου τὸ ἐκλεκτόν . The Cornerstone is elect, precious; the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:10

Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God. St. Peter quotes the prophecy of Hosea ( Hosea 2:23 ), as St. Paul also does in Romans 9:25 , Romans 9:26 . And as St. Paul applies the prophet's words (said originally of the Jews) to the Christian Church, to those called "not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles," so apparently does St. Peter here. They were not a people; "Ne populus quidem," says Bengel, "nedum Dei populus." It is the calling of God which... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims. St. Peter returns to practical topics: he begins his exhortation in the affectionate manner common in Holy Scripture. He calls his readers "strangers and pilgrims ." The word here rendered " strangers " ( πάροικοι ) is equivalent to the classical μέτοικοι , and means "foreign set-tiers, dwellers in a strange land." The second word ( παρεοίδημοι , translated "strangers" in 1 Peter 1:1-25 .) means "visitors" who... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:5

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:11

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