1 Peter 1:18-20 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 1:18

Forasmuch as ye know ,.... From the Scriptures of truth, by the testimony of the Spirit, by his work upon the soul, and by the application of the benefits of redemption, such as justification, pardon, adoption, and sanctification; see Job 19:25 , that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold . The redemption of a soul, which is of more worth than a world, requires a greater price than gold and silver; and those who have the largest share thereof, can neither... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:19

But with the precious blood of Christ ,.... Christ was prophesied of as a Redeemer under the Old Testament, Isaiah 59:20 and the Jews frequently ascribe redemption to the word of the Lord God F6 Targum in Hos. i. 7. & iii. 2. & in Joel ii. 17. ; and which the apostle here attributes to the blood of Christ; whose blood is the same with ours, only not tainted with sin; the blood of an innocent person, and of one who is God, as well as man, and was freely shed in the room and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:20

Who verily was foreordained ,.... Or "foreknown"; that is, by God; and which intends, not barely his prescience of Christ, of what he should be, do, and suffer; but such a previous knowledge of him, which is joined with love and affection to him; not merely as his own Son, and the express image of his person, but as Mediator; and whom he loved before the world was, and with a love of complacency and delight, and which will last for ever. It includes the choice of him as the head of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:18

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things - To redeem, λυτροω , signifies to procure life for a captive or liberty for a slave by paying a price, and the precious blood of Christ is here stated to be the price at which the souls of both Jews and Gentiles were redeemed; is was a price paid down, and a price which God's righteousness required. Corruptible things mean here any thing that man usually gives in exchange for another; but the term necessarily includes all created things, as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:19

The precious blood of Christ - Τιμιῳ αἱματι· The valuable blood; how valuable neither is nor could be stated. As of a lamb - Such as was required for a sin-offering to God; and The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. Without blemish - In himself, and without spot from the world; being perfectly pure in his soul, and righteous in his life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:20

Who verily was foreordained - Προεγνωσμενου· Foreknown; appointed in the Divine purpose to be sent into the world, because infinitely approved by the Divine justice. Before the foundation of the world - Before the law was given, or any sacrifice prescribed by it. Its whole sacrificial system was appointed in reference to this foreappointed Lamb, and consequently from him derived all its significance and virtue. The phrase καταβολη κοσμου , foundation of the world, occurs often in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:18

Verse 18 18Forasmuch as ye know, or, knowing. Here is another reason, drawn from the price of our redemption, which ought always to be remembered when our salvation is spoken of. For to him who repudiates or despises the grace of the gospel, not only his own salvation is worthless, but also the blood of Christ, by which God has manifested its value. But we know how dreadfully sacrilegious it is to regard as common the blood of the Son of God. There is hence nothing which ought so much to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:19

Verse 19 19As of a lamb He means by this similitude, that we have in Christ whatever had been shadowed forth by the ancient sacrifices, though he especially alludes to the Paschal lamb. But let us hence learn what benefit the reading of the Law brings us in this respect; for, though the rite of sacrificing is abolished, yet it assists our faith not a little, to compare the reality with the type, so that we may seek in the former what the latter contains. Moses ordered a whole or perfect lamb,... 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 1:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:19

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