1 Peter 1

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-2

In 1 Peter 1:2 we are confronted with the three great facts of the Christian life. (i) The Christian is chosen according to the foreknowledge of God. C. E. B. Cranfield has a fine comment on this phrase: "If all our attention is concentrated on the hostility or indifference of the world or the exiguousness of our own progress in the Christian life, we may well be discouraged. At such times we need to be reminded that our election is according to the,foreknowledge of God the Father. The... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has brought about in us that rebirth which leads to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, an inheritance imperishable, undefilable, and unfading, kept safe in heaven for us, who are protected by the power of God through faith, until there comes that deliverance which is ready to be revealed at the last time. It will take us a long time to appropriate the riches... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

Further, the Christian has entered into a great inheritance (kleronomia, Greek #2817 ). Here is a word with a great history; for it is the word which is regularly used in the Greek Old Testament for the inheritance of Canaan, the Promised Land. Again and again the Old Testament speaks of the land which God had given his people for an inheritance to possess ( Deuteronomy 15:4 ; Deuteronomy 19:10 ). To us inheritance tends to mean something which in the future we shall possess; as the... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

The inheritance of the Christian, the full joy of God, is waiting for him in heaven; and of that Peter has two great things to say. (i) On our journey through this world to eternity we are protected by the power of God through faith. The word which Peter uses for protect (phrourein, Greek #5432 ) is a military word. It means that our life is garrisoned by God and that he stands sentinel over us all our days. The man who has faith never doubts, even when he cannot see him, that God is... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:6-7

1:6-7 Herein you rejoice, even if it is at present necessary that for a brief time you should be grieved by all kinds of trials, for the object of these trials is that your tried and tested faith, more precious than gold which perishes though it is tested by the fire, may win praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ shall appear. Peter comes to the actual situation in life in which his readers found themselves. Their Christianity had always made them unpopular, but now they were... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:8-9

1:8-9 Although you never knew him, you love him; although you do not see him, you believe in him. And you rejoice with unspeakable and glorious joy because you are receiving that which faith must end in--the salvation of your souls. Peter is drawing an implicit contrast between himself and his readers. It was his great privilege to have known Jesus in the days of his flesh. His readers had not had that joy; but, although they never knew Jesus in the flesh, they love him; and although they... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10-12

1:10-12 Prophets, who prophesied about the grace which was to come to you, enquired and searched concerning that salvation, seeking to find out when and how the Spirit of Christ within them, testifying in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and to the glories which must follow them, was telling them that it would come. It was revealed to them that the ministry which they were exercising in these things was not for themselves but for you, things which have now been proclaimed to you... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10-12

This passage tells us not only of the visions of the prophets but also of the message of the preacher. It was the preachers who brought the message of salvation to the readers of Peter's letter. (i) It tells us that preaching is the announcement of salvation. Preaching may at different times have many notes and many aspects, but fundamentally it is the proclamation of the gospel, the good news. The preacher may at times have to warn, threaten and condemn; he may have to remind men of the... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

1:13 So, then, gird up the loins of your mind; be sober; come to a final decision to place your hope on the grace which is going to be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ. Peter has been talking about the greatness and the glory to which the Christian may look forward; but the Christian can never be lost in dreams of the future; he must always be virile in the battle of the present. So Peter sends out three challenges to his people. (i) He tells them to gird up the loins of... read more

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William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:14-25

1:14-25 Be obedient children. Do not continue to live a life which matches the desires of the days of your former ignorance, but show yourselves holy in all your conduct of life as he who called you is holy, because it stands written: "You must be holy, because I am holy." If you address as Father him who judges each man according to his work with complete impartiality, conduct yourselves with reverence throughout the time of your sojourn in this world; for you know that it was not by... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:3-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:6-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:8-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:10-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:14-25

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