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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:5

Not only is God protecting our inheritance, but He is also protecting us by His power. All Christians will undoubtedly obtain an eternal inheritance one day (cf. Philippians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 1:8). Our faith in Christ for salvation is, on the human side, what guarantees our final realization of the fullness of our salvation (i.e., our glorification). Peter was not saying our faith keeps us saved. He said God’s power keeps us saved. Our faith is the means by which we receive salvation initially... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:6

We can rejoice greatly in this hope. However, the antecedent of "this" may be "the last time" (1 Peter 1:5). Peter’s idea would then be that we will rejoice on that future day whereas now we experience various distressing trials. God will preserve both us and our inheritance until we receive our inheritance. "Trials" (Gr. peirasmois, the same kind of trials James wrote about in James 1:2, et al.) are all kinds of tests that challenge our fidelity to God’s will."Peirasmos here means not the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:6-9

2. The joy of our salvation 1:6-9"The main thread of Peter’s rhetoric [in this pericope] can . . . be expressed in one sentence: ’Then you will rejoice with inexpressible and glorious delight, when you each receive the outcome of your faith, your final salvation’ . . ." [Note: Michaels, p. 26.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:7

Trials do to faith what fire does to gold. They purify it and show it to be what it really is (cf. James 1:3). Peter anticipated his readers would respond to their trials properly. God purifies our faith with trials by helping us realize the inadequacy of anything but trust in Him in these situations. He shows that our faith is genuine by demonstrating that our joy in trials rests solely on confidence in Him and His promises. Both results bring praise, glory, and honor to God ultimately, though... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 1:5

1:5 time. (a-21) The article is everywhere left out in the Greek here, making it all characteristic and descriptive. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 1:6

1:6 Wherein (b-1) Or 'in which [time].' trials, (c-17) Or temptations. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-25

Greeting in the Name of the Holy Trinity. Encouragement to Hope in Faith and Obedience1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV ’to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in,’ etc. The RV order shows that the present circumstances of his readers, as well as their election and his own apostleship, are all according to the foreknowledge of God. Elect] i.e. chosen. Christians, like Israel of old, are God’s chosen people. The ’Dispersion’ was a term used to describe the Jews... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:3-12

(3-12) PANEGYRIC OF THE GOSPEL FROM A HEBREW POINT OF VIEW.—The Apostle thanks God for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That fact is a regeneration of us, and a pledge of future glory, in view of which such afflictions as beset the Asiatic Hebrews were seen to serve a purpose, and that purpose the very “salvation” which had formed the theme of the Old Testament. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:4

(4) To an inheritance.—This is structurally parallel to and explanatory of, the clause “into a living hope” We are, as the saying is, born to an estate. This notion of an “inheritance,” or property, that we have come in for, is particularly Hebrew, occurring very frequently in the Old Testament. The Pontine dispersion had lost their “inheritance” in Palestine, but there is a better in store for them.Incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.—Exuberant description of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:5

(5) Who are kept.—This explains the word “you:” “those, I mean, who are under the guardianship of God’s power.” Bengel says, “As the inheritance hath been preserved, so are the heirs guarded; neither shall it fail them, nor they it.”Through faith.—The Apostle is fearful lest the last words should give a false assurance. God can guard none of us, in spite of His “power,” unless there be a corresponding exertion upon our part—which is here called “faith”—combining the notions of staunch fidelity... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:6-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 1:7

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 1:5

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Peter 1:6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:3-12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 1:5

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