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Matthew Henry

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 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls ,.... The apostle passes to another exhortation, namely, to brotherly love; the ground of which he makes to be, the purification of their souls; and which supposes that they had been impure; and indeed, their whole persons, souls and bodies, were so by nature; even all the members of their bodies, and all the powers and faculties of their souls: it is internal purity, purity of the heart, that is here particularly respected; though not to the exclusion of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls - Having purified your souls, in obeying the truth - by believing in Christ Jesus, through the influence and teaching of the Spirit; and giving full proof of it by unfeigned love to the brethren; ye love one another, or ye will love each other, with a pure heart fervently. These persons, First, heard the truth, that is, the Gospel; thus called in a great variety of places in the New Testament, because it contains The truth without mixture of error, and is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:22

Verse 22 22Seeing ye have purified your souls, or, Purifying your souls. Erasmus badly renders the words, “Who have purified,” etc. For Peter does not declare what they had done, but reminds them of what they ought to do. The participle is indeed in the past tense, but it may be rendered as a gerund, “By purifying, etc. ” The meaning is, that their souls would not be capable of receiving grace until they were purified, and by this our uncleanness is proved. (17) But that he might not seem to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls ; literally, having purified . The verb ἁγνίζω is used of ceremonial purification in John 11:55 , and in Acts 21:24 , Acts 21:26 ; Acts 24:18 . St. James and St. John, in their Epistles, give it the spiritual sense in which St. Peter uses it here ( James 4:8 ; 1 John 3:3 ). In this sense it implies consecration to God's service, and an inward cleansing of the heart from all that defiles—from sensual desires, from hypocrisy, from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls - Greek, “Having purified your souls.” The apostles were never afraid of referring to human agency as having an important part in saving the soul Compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. No one is made pure without personal intention or effort - any more than one becomes accomplished or learned without personal exertion. One of the leading effects of the agency of the Holy Spirit is to excite us to make efforts for our own salvation; and there is no true piety which is not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:22-23

1 Peter 1:22-23. Seeing you have purified your souls By applying to this fountain which God has opened for sin and for uncleanness, and by believing and obeying the truth, which God hath appointed to be the grand means of sanctification, delivering such as obey it from the power, and purifying them from the defilement of sin, John 8:32; John 17:17; through the Spirit working by the word, unto the unfeigned love of the brethren For the fruit of the Spirit is love to the children of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-25

Fruits of salvation (1:13-2:3)Now that Christians have received such a great salvation, they should discipline their thoughts and behaviour so that they will always be ready for the return of Jesus Christ (13). They should think and act not according to their former habits, but according to the ways of God. They should pattern their character not on the people of the sinful society around them, but on the holy God (14-16).As Christians reverence God as their Father and Judge, they will want to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have = Having. purified . Greek. hagnizo. See Acts 21:24 . souls . App-110 . obeying = the obedience of. through the Spirit . All the texts omit. unfeigned . Greek. anupokritos. See Romans 12:9 (without dissimulation). love, &c . Greek. Philadelphia. See Romans 12:10 . pure . The texts omit. Read "from the heart". fervently = intently. Greek. ektenos. Only here. See the adjective in 1 Peter 4:8 . Acts 12:5 , and the comparative in Luke 22:44 . read more

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