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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:11

Verse 11 11As strangers, or sojourners. There are two parts to this exhortation, — that their souls were to be free within from wicked and vicious lusts; and also, that they were to live honestly among men, and by the example of a good life not only to confirm the godly, but also to gain over the unbelieving to God. And first, to call them away from the indulgence of carnal lusts, he employs this argument, that they were sojourners and strangers. And he so calls them, not because they were... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:12

Verse 12 12Your conversation The second part of the exhortation is, that they were to conduct themselves honestly towards men. What, indeed, precedes this in order is, that their minds should be cleansed before God; but a regard should also be had to men, lest we should become a hindrance to them. And he expressly says among the Gentiles; for the Jews were not only hated everywhere, but were also almost abhorred. The more carefully, therefore, ought they to have labored to wipe off the odium... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-10

I. ITS GROWTH . 1. What must be shunned . St. Paul bids us work out our own salvation. The new birth is the beginning; that comes from God—from his free grace. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost." But the new man must grow; and that growth is not spontaneous; it will not evolve itself without effort from the" incorruptible seed." Progress, growth in grace,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-10

I. NEWBORN BABES . 1. Duty conditioning appetite for the Ignorant. "Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings." This duty is connected with the foregoing ("therefore"), as coming under it. As the regenerate, we are to put away all dispositions and manifestations that offend against good brotherhood. We are to put away first, as being the radical vice, all malice (as we should read, with the old translation), i.e. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:12

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles. If we read ἀπέχεσθαι , in 1 Peter 2:11 (some ancient manuscripts have ἀπέχεσθε ) , there is a slight irregularity in the construction, as the participle ἔνοντες is nominative; it gives more force and vividness to the sentence (comp. in the Greek, Ephesians 4:2 ; Colossians 3:16 ). The conversation ( ἀναστροφή , mode of life or behavior) of the unconverted is described as " vain " in 1 Peter 1:18 ; the... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-10

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:7

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:12

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