1 Peter 1:23-25,1 Peter 1:1

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:24-25

THE ABIDING WORD‘All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you.’ 1 Peter 1:24-Lamentations : In order to enter into the spirit of the Apostle’s utterances, we need to mark carefully each term of the comparison, or rather the contrast, which he establishes here. One term expresses, in elegant and forcible... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:22-23

‘Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently, having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and abides.’ The result of our entering into these great truths and of our being sanctified into the obedience of Christ, should be that we have ‘purified our souls in our obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of our brothers and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:22-25

Being Begotten Again Of The Living And Eternal Word of God Has Purified Their Souls In Obedience To The Truth, And This Must Work Itself Out In Love For One Another (1 Peter 1:22-25 ). He now outlines what should be their resultant behaviour. In all the Apostolic letters the expounding of divine truth leads on to the requirement for righteous living. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:24-25

‘For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord abides for ever.’ Peter now backs up the imperishable nature of the word of God from Scripture (Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 40:8). Men are made of flesh. And flesh is like herbage, it withers and dies, and its glory dies with it. All its glory is like the flowers that grow from herbage. They flourish for a while, and they make such a display, and then they... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:25

‘And this is the word of good tidings which was preached to you.’ And this ‘word (rema) of the Lord’ is the very word of good tidings that had been preached to his readers and had brought their response. By this incorruptible seed they have been begotten again to incorruptible life. They are no longer ‘flesh’. They are renewed flesh which contains within it the seed of resurrection life. In terms to be used later (1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6) they are ‘spirit’. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:22-25

1 Peter 1:22 to 1 Peter 2:10 . The Christians, who were formerly pagans, are created a new race in Christ Jesus, and consecrated as a special priesthood of service to the whole world. Their life must be in accordance with this profession. They are to manifest to one another brotherly love, “ that noblest jewel in the diadem of early Christianity” (Gunkel), and as children naturally seek milk for nourishment, so their desire is to be for spiritual refreshment in the purity of faith. By a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:23

Being born again: this may refer either: 1. To the general exhortation to holiness, 1 Peter 1:14,1 Peter 1:15, and then the argument runs thus: Ye are in your regeneration become the children of God, and therefore ought to walk holily as become his children. Or: 2. To the more particular exhortation to brotherly love, 1 Peter 1:22; q.d. You are by your regeneration become spiritual brethren, and therefore ought to live like brethren. Not of corruptible seed; which is itself corrupted ere any... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:24

All flesh; all men as born of the flesh, and in their natural state, in opposition to regenerate men, 1 Peter 1:23. All the glory of man; whatever is most excellent in man naturally, and which they are most apt to glory in. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: see James 1:10. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever; not only absolutely in itself, and in respect of its perpetual verity, Psalms 119:160; Matthew 24:35; but relatively, as received by and dwelling in believers, 1 John 3:9, who always experience the effects of it in themselves in their regeneration, receiving a solid and lasting being from it, (the new nature), which is likewise preserved by it, in opposition to that flux and mutable being they had by their first birth. And this is the word which by... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Peter 1:17-25

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 Peter 1:17. The Father.—Better, “a Father.” God apprehended as Father through our apprehension of the Sonship of Christ. Plumptre reminds us that “the sequel shows this attribute of Fatherhood is not thought of as excluding the idea of judgment, but gives assurance that the judgment will be one of perfect equity.” Sojourning.—(See 1 Peter 1:1). Fear.—Not dread, but seriousness and self-distrust. “This fear is not cowardice (nor superstition); it drowns all lower... read more

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