1 Peter 2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:3

Verse 3 3If so be that ye have tasted; or, If indeed ye have tasted. He alludes to Psalms 34:8, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” But he says that this taste is to be had in Christ, as, doubtless, our souls can find no rest anywhere but in him. But he has drawn the ground of his exhortation from the goodness of God, because his kindness, which we perceive in Christ, ought to allure us; for what follows, read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:4

Verse 4 To whom coming, is not to be referred simply to God, but to him as he is revealed to us in the person of Christ. Now, it cannot be but that the grace of God must powerfully draw us to himself and inflame us with the love of him by whom we obtain a real perception of it. If Plato affirmed this of his Beautiful, of which a shadowy idea only he beheld afar off, much more true is this with regard to God. Let it then be noticed, that Peter connects an access to God with the taste of his... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:5

Verse 5 5.Ye also, as lively or living stones, are built up The verb may be in the imperative as well as in the indicative mood, for the termination in Greek is ambiguous. But in whatever way it is taken, Peter no doubt meant to exhort the faithful to consecrate themselves as a spiritual temple to God; for he aptly infers from the design of our calling what our duty is. We must further observe, that he constructs one house from the whole number of the faithful. For though every one of us is... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:6

Verse 6 6Wherefore also it is contained in Scripture; or, Wherefore also the Scripture contains (20) They who refer the verb “contain” ( περιέχειν) to Christ, and render it “embrace,” because through him all these unite together, wholly depart from the meaning of the Apostle. No better is another exposition, that Christ excels others; for Peter simply intended to quote the testimony of Scripture. (21) He then shews what had been taught by the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures, or, which is the same... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:7

Verse 7 7.Unto you therefore which believe God having pronounced Christ to be a precious and a chosen stone, Peter draws the inference that he is so to us. For, no doubt, Christ is there described such as we apprehend him by faith, and such as he proves himself to be by real evidences. We ought, then, carefully to notice this inference: Christ is a precious stone in the sight of God; then he is such to the faithful. It is faith alone which reveals to us the value and excellency of Christ. But... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:8

Verse 8 8Which stumble at the word He points out here the manner in which Christ becomes a stumbling, even when men perversely oppose the word of God. This the Jews did; for though they professed themselves willing to receive the Messiah, yet they furiously rejected him when presented to them by God. The Papists do the same in the present day; they worship only the name of Christ, while they cannot endure the doctrine of the Gospel. Here Peter intimates that all who receive not Christ as... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:9

Verse 9 9But ye are a chosen generation, or race. He again separates them from the unbelieving, lest driven by their example (as it is often the case) they should fall away from the faith. As, then, it is unreasonable that those whom God has separated from the world, should mix themselves with the ungodly, Peter here reminds the faithful to what great honor they had been raised, and also to what purpose they had been called. But with the same high titles which he confers on them, Moses honored... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:10

Verse 10 10Which in time past were not a people He brings for confirmation a passage from Hosea, and well accommodates it to his own purpose. For Hosea, after having in God’s name declared that the Jews were repudiated, gives them a hope of a future restoration. Peter reminds us that this was fulfilled in his own age; for the Jews were scattered here and there, as the torn members of a body; nay, they seemed to be no longer God’s people, no worship remained among them, they were become... read more

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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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:10

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

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

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