1 Peter 1:6-9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:9

Receiving the end of your faith - Ye are put in possession of the salvation of your souls, which was the thing presented to your faith, when ye were called by the Gospel of Christ. Your faith has had a proper issue, and has been crowned with a proper recompense. The word τελος , end, is often used so as to imply the issue or reward of any labor or action. Salvation of your souls - The object of the Jewish expectations in their Messiah was the salvation or deliverance of their bodies... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 6 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, or, In which ye exult. Though the termination of the Greek verb is doubtful, yet the meaning requires that we read, “ye exult,” rather than “exult ye.” In which refers to the whole that is said of the hope of salvation laid up in heaven. But he rather exhorts than praises them; for his object was to shew what fruit was to come from the hope of salvation, even spiritual joy, by which not only the bitterness of all evil might be mitigated, but also all sorrow... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 7 7.Much more precious than of gold The argument is from the less to the greater; for if gold, a corruptible metal, is deemed of so much value that we prove it by fire, that it may become really valuable, what wonder is it that God should require a similar trial as to faith, since faith is deemed by him so excellent? And though the words seem to have a different meaning, he yet compares faith to gold, and makes it more precious than gold, that hence he might draw the conclusion, that it... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 8 8Whom having not seen, or, Whom though ye have not seen. He lays down two things, that they loved Christ whom they had not seen, and that they believed on him whom they did not then behold. But the first arises from the second; for the cause of love is faith, not only because the knowledge of those blessings which Christ bestows on us, moves us to love him, but because he offers us perfect felicity, and thus draws us up to himself. He then commends the Jews, because they believed in... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 9 9Receiving the end of your faith He reminds the faithful where they ought to direct all their thoughts, even to eternal salvation. For this world holds all our affections ensnared by is allurements; this life and all things belonging to the body are great impediments, which prevent us from applying our minds to the contemplation of the future and spiritual life. Hence the Apostle sets before us this future life as a subject of deep meditation, and he indirectly intimates that the loss... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice. Is the word "wherein" ( ἐν ῷ ) to be referred to the whole sentence, and to be understood of the Christian's present privileges and hopes? or is it to be taken in a temporal sense with the words immediately preceding it, "in the last time"? Authorities are divided. Of those who take the latter view some regard "the last time"—as the object of the Christian's joyful hope—he rejoices now in the hope of the glory of God; others give the verb a quasi-future... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:7

That the trial of your faith. The words of 1 Peter 1:6 , "if need be," point to the purpose and end of the temptations. St. Peter proceeds to develop his meaning. The word rendered "trial" ( δοκίμιον or δυκιμεῖον ) means rather "test or proof;" it is explained by Dionysius of Halicarnassus ('Rhet.,' I1) as that at which, when one looks, he is able to form a judgment. Cremer says it is "not only the means of proof itself, e.g. the touchstone, but also the trace of the metal left... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:8

Whom having not seen, ye love . Some ancient manuscripts read οὐκ εἰδότες , "although ye know him not:" but the reading ἰδόντες is best supported, and gives the better sense. The Christians of Asia Minor had not seen the gracious face of the Lord, as St. Peter had. But though they had never known him after the flesh, they knew him by the inner knowledge of spiritual communion, and, having learned to love him, had attained the blessing promised to those who had not seen, but yet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:8

Peter had seen Jesus constantly during the course of his ministry, had known him intimately, and had loved him well. But most of these to whom he wrote this Epistle had not been brought into such association with the Son of man. The apostle's aim in communicating with such professed Christians as those to whom he addressed his letter was to encourage and stimulate their spiritual life. It was his privilege to bear the testimony which it was their privilege to receive and to act upon. They were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:9

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. The present participle "receiving" ( κομιζόμενοι ) implies that the believer realizes the deep blessing of salvation gradually while he is being saved as one of οἱ σωζόμενοι ( Acts 2:47 ). Salvation is present as well as future. "By grace ye are saved through faith" ( Ephesians 2:8 ); "According to his mercy he saved us" ( Titus 3:5 ). God's elect receive it in various measures now; in its blessed fullness it will... read more

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