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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:3-4

1 Peter 1:3-4. Blessed be the God and Father, or, God even the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ His only-begotten and beloved Son; who, according to his abundant mercy His compassion for us in our state of ignorance and guilt, depravity and weakness; his undeserved love and goodness, the source of all our blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal: hath begotten us again Regenerated us; to a lively Ζωσαν , living, hope A hope which implies true spiritual life, is the consequence... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:1-12

1:1-2:10 HIGH STATUS FOR GOD’S PEOPLEThe character of salvation (1:1-12)Peter’s readers are ‘God’s scattered people’, an expression that Peter uses with a wide meaning. In relation to their place of local residence, they are God’s people scattered throughout northern Asia Minor. But in relation to heaven, they are God’s people scattered in a foreign land. Their true homeland is heaven, and the foreign land is the world. They really belong to God. He chose them and cleansed them, with the aim... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed, &c . See 2 Corinthians 1:3 .Ephesians 1:3 . Lord . App-98 . hath begotten . . . again = begat . . . again. Greek. anagennao. Only here and 1 Peter 1:23 . lively = living. The hope of living again, because it is by His resurrection. resurrection . App-178 . from the dead . App-139 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ... The fountainhead of all blessing and salvation is God himself; and by these words Peter showed that Christianity was in no sense a departure from the God of Israel and of the Hebrew patriarchs, but was still a worship of that same God through the acceptance of God's only begotten... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:3

1 Peter 1:3. Which—hath begotten us again, &c.— "Who—hath regenerated us as his children to the hope of life and immortality; of which he hath given us a remarkable pledge and confirmation by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." The law of Moses condemned all offenders to death without mercy: the gospel promises pardon, and life, or immortality, to all penitent persons. The Jews were under the law before the gospel came, though at the same time under a covenant of grace. As to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 1:3

3. He begins, like Paul, in opening his Epistles with giving thanks to God for the greatness of the salvation; herein he looks forward (1) into the future ( :-); (2) backward into the past ( :-) [ALFORD]. Blessed—A distinct Greek word (eulogetos, "Blessed BE") is used of God, from that used of man (eulogemenos, "Blessed IS"). Father—This whole Epistle accords with the Lord's prayer; "Father," 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:2; "Our," 1 Peter 1:4, end; "In... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:3

Peter called his readers to bless (praise) God for giving us a living hope. This undying hope has its roots in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Because He lives, we shall live. Our new birth gave us this life. Consequently our hope is both alive within us and part of our new life in Christ."Just as ’faith’ can be subjective (the act or state of believing), or objective (the content of belief), so ’hope’ can refer either to an anticipation (even a certainty) of good things to come or to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:3-10

II. THE IDENTITY OF CHRISTIANS 1:3-2:10The essentially chiastic structure of thought in the letter, excluding the introduction and conclusion, can be visualized in the outline (above). The recurrence of the direct address "Beloved" in 1 Peter 2:11 and 1 Peter 4:12 divides this letter into three main parts."The theme of the first part is the identity of the people of God established on the basis of the great salvation Christ has accomplished (and is accomplishing) on their behalf. Their identity... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:3-12

A. Our great salvation 1:3-12The first part of this section on who we are as Christians is a revelation of our great salvation. Some have called it "the Great Doxology." In it Peter reminded us of our hope, our joy, and the witnesses of our salvation. He did this so we would appreciate how greatly God has blessed us. read more

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