1 Peter 1:14-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-23

Here the apostle begins his exhortations to those whose glorious state he had before described, thereby instructing us that Christianity is a doctrine according to godliness, designed to make us not only wiser, but better. I. He exhorts them to sobriety and holiness. 1. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, etc., 1 Pet. 1:13. As if he had said, ?Wherefore, since you are so honoured and distinguished, as above, Gird up the loins of your mind. You have a journey to go, a race to run, a... read more

William Barclay

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children ,.... Or "children of obedience". This may be connected either with what goes before, that seeing they were children of God, by adopting grace, and in regeneration brought to the obedience of faith, to whom the inheritance belonged, therefore they ought to continue hoping for it; or with what follows, that since they were manifestly the children of God by faith in. Christ Jesus, being begotten again to a lively hope, they ought to be followers of him, and imitate him in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:15

But as he which hath called you is holy ,.... Which is a periphrasis of God the Father, who had called them, not merely in an external way, by the outward ministry of the word; but internally, powerfully, and efficaciously, by his Spirit and grace; and who had called them to holiness of life and conversation, as well as in calling had implanted principles of holiness in them, and therefore is said to call them with an holy calling; and who himself is holy, naturally, perfectly, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:16

Because it is written ,.... In Leviticus 11:44 . be ye holy, for I am holy : an argument the apostle knew must have weight with these persons, who were chiefly Jews, scattered abroad among the Gentiles, and had a value for the Scriptures of truth; and therefore, as the argument for holiness of life, from the nature and perfections of God, is strong, it must receive additional strength from this being the declared will of God, even their sanctification on this account; and though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

Not fashioning yourselves - As the offices of certain persons are known by the garb or livery they wear, so are transgressors: where we see the world's livery we see the world's servants; they fashion or habit themselves according to their lusts, and we may guess that they have a worldly mind by their conformity to worldly fashions. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:15

But as he which hath called you - Heathenism scarcely produced a god whose example was not the most abominable; their greatest gods, especially, were paragons of impurity; none of their philosophers could propose the objects of their adoration as objects of imitation. Here Christianity has an infinite advantage over heathenism. God is holy, and he calls upon all who believe in him to imitate his holiness; and the reason why they should be holy is, that God who has called them is holy, 1... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

Verse 14 14As obedient children He first intimates that we are called by the Lord to the privilege and honor of adoption through the Gospel; and, secondly, that we are adopted for this end, that he might have us as his obedient children. For though obedience does not make us children, as the gift of adoption is gratuitous, yet it distinguishes children from aliens. How far, indeed, this obedience extends, Peter shews, when he forbids God’s children to conform to or to comply with the desires of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:15

Verse 15 15He who hath called you is holy He reasons from the end for which we are called. God sets us apart as a peculiar people for himself; then we ought to be free from all pollutions. And he quotes a sentence which had been often repeated by Moses. For as the people of Israel were on every side surrounded by heathens, from whom they might have easily adopted the worst examples and innumerable corruptions, the Lord frequently recalled them to himself, as though he had said, “Ye have to do... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children; rather, children of obedience (comp. Ephesians 2:2 , Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; also 2 Peter 2:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ; Luke 16:8 ). Winer says ('Grammar,' 3. 34.; 'Romans,' 2), "This mode of expression is to be traced to the more lively imagination of the Orientals, by which the most intimate connection (derivation from and dependence on)—even when the reference is to what is not material—is viewed under the image of the relation of son or child to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-23

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:14

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