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THE

FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL

OF

PETER.

A. D. cir. 60.

[Written from Rome, A. D. 64. ]

1 PET. I. 1-4.

CHAP. I.-VER, 1. ΠΕΤΡΟΣ ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς Πόντου, Γαλατίας, Καππαδοκίας, Ασίας, καὶ Βιθυνίας,

a Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ, b to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

a See on John i. ver. 42.

b Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul, 1 Pet. ii. 11. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13.

VER. 2.

Κατὰ πρόγνωσιν Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἐν ἁγιασμῷ Πνεύματος, εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ῥαντιστ μὲν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη.

a Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience dand sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and multiplied.

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peace,

a See on Rom.viii.ver. 29. clauses 1,2,
b See on Luke i. ver. 75.

© See on Rom. i. ver. 5. clause 3.
d See on Heb. ix. ver. 19-22.
eSee on Matt. xx. ver. 28. clause 4.
fSee on Rom. i. ver. 7. clauses 4--7.

A. D. cir. 60.

VER. 3.

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Κυ ρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ αὑτοῦ ἔλεος ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι ̓ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν,

a Blessed be b the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which e according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again & unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

* Gr. much mercy.

a Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, 2 Cor. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, Eph. i. 3.

bSee on John xx. ver. 17. clause 5. < See on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 4. d See on Luke ii. ver. 11. clause 3. • See on Rom. v. ver. 20. clause 2. f See on John i. ver. 13. clause 5.

See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 3. h See on Acts ii. ver. 24. clause 1.

VER. 4.

Εἰς κληρονομίαν ἄφθαρτον καὶ ἀμίαντον καὶ ἀμάραντον, τετηρημένην ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰς ἡμᾶς.

a To an inheritance incorruptible. cand undefiled, and that fadeth not away, e reserved in heaven for * you.

* Or, us.

See on Acts xx. ver. 32. clause 2.

A. D. cir. 60.

b See on Matt. vi. ver. 20.

1 PET. 1. 4-7.

• And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life, Rev. xxi. 27.

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And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive crown of glory that fadeth not away, 1 Pet. v. 4. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever, Isa. xl. 7, 8. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways, Jam. i. 11.

• For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, Col. i. 5. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing, 2 Tim. iv. 8.

VER. 5.

Τοὺς ἐν δυνάμει Θεοῦ φρουρουμένους διὰ πίστεως, εἰς σωτηρίαν ἑτοίμην ἀποκαλυφ θῆναι ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτω,

a Who are kept by the power of God bthrough faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

a And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy father, 'keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may | be one, as we are, John xvii. 11. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called, Jude 1. See also on John x. ver. 28.

clause 2.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, John viii. 31. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest VOL. III.

A. D. cir. 60.

he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off, Rom. xi. 20—22. By faith ye stand, 2 Cor. i. 24. The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me, Gal. ii. 20. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, Eph. ii. 8. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, iii. 17. To present you holy and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight; if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, Col. i. 22, 23. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises, Heb. vi. 12. That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, 1 Tim. vi. 14, 15.

VER. 6.

Ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι εἰ δέον

ἐστὶ, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλες πειρασμοῖς·

a Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness b through manifold temp

tations:

a See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 3. See on John xvi. ver. 33. clause 2.

VER. 7.

ἵνα τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως πολὺ τιμιώτερον χρυσίου, τοῦ ἀπολλυμένου, διὰ πυρὸς δὲ δοκιμαζομένου, εὑρεθῇ εἰς ἔπαινον καὶ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν, ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ XplorOÜ.

much more precious than of gold that That the trial of your faith, being perisheth, though it be tried with fire, and glory at the appearing of Jesus e might be found unto praise and honour Christ:

a See on Rom. v. ver. 3. clause 2. b Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God 2 D

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1 PET. 1. 7-12.

and our Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 Pet. i. 1.

c See on Matt. xxv. ver. 21. clause 1. d See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 30. clause 3.

VER. 8.

Ὃν οὐκ εἰδότες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι | μὴ ὁρῶντες, πιστεύοντες δὲ, ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ·

Whom having not seen, bye love; cin whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, dye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

a Blessed are they which have not seen, and yet have believed, John xx. 29. For we walk by faith, not by sight, 2 Cor. v. 7. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John iv. 20.

b See on Matt. x. ver. 37. clause 1. c See on John v. ver. 23. clause 1. See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 3.

VER. 9.

A. D. cir. 60.

a Being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water, 1 Pet. iii. 18-20. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his, Rom. viii. 9. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father, Gal. iv. 6. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21.

b See on Luke xxiv. ver. 44.

c See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1.

VER. 12.

Οἷς ἀπεκαλύφθη ὅτι οὐχ ἑαυτοῖς, ἡμῖν δὲ διηκόνουν αὐτὰ, ἃ νῦν ἀνηγγέλη ὑμῖν διὰ τῶν

Κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, εὐαγγελισαμένων ὑμᾶς ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίω σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν.

a Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

a See on Mark xvi. ver. 16. clause 1. and Rom. vi. ver. 22. clause 4.

VER. 10.

Περὶ ἧς σωτηρίας ἐξεζήτησαν καὶ ἐξη ρεύνησαν προφῆται οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰς ὑμᾶς χάριτος προφητεύσαντες·

a Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

ἀποσταλέντι ἀπ ̓ οὐρανοῦ, εἰς ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦ σιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι.

a Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by b them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

a Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and propheb See on Luke i. ver. 54. and Johncy, and to anoint the most Holy, Dan.

a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 17.

i. ver. 17. clause 2.

VER. 11.

Ἐρευνῶντες εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον καιρὸν ἐδήλου τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς Πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ, προμαρτυρόμενον τὰ εἰς Χριστὸν παθήματα, καὶ τὰς μετὰ ταῦτα δόξας

a Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, bwhen it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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ix. 24. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? And

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Gr. perfectly.

a See on Luke xii. ver. 35. clause 1. b See on 1 Thess. v. ver. 6. clause 3. c See on Heb. iii. ver. 6. clauses

3,4.

d See on Matt. xxv. ver. 21.

e See on Matt. xvi. ver. 27. clause 1.

I heard the man clothed in linen, | for the grace that is to be brought unto which was upon the waters of the ri-you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; ver, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the

daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in the lot at the end of the days, xii. 4-15. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, Heb. xi. 39, 40.

b See on Rom. xv. ver. 19. clause 1. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubims be, Exod. xxv. 20. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? Dan. viii. 13.

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VER. 14.

Ως τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, μὴ συσχηματιζό μενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν woulars

As a obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts ein your ignorance:

a The spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, Eph. ii. 2. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience, v. 6. See also on Rom. i. ver. 5. clause 3.

b See on Rom. vi. ver. 4. clause 3. See on Rom. i. ver. 28. clause 1.

VER. 15.

̓Αλλὰ κατὰ τὸν καλέσαντα ὑμᾶς ἅγιον, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἅγιοι ἐν πάσῃ ἀναστροφῇ γενήθητε.

But as a he which hath called you bis holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

a See on Rom. i. ver. 6. clause 2.
b See on John xvii. ver. 11. clause 2.
c See on Matt. v. ver. 48. clause 1.
d See on Eph. iv. ver. 29.

VER. 16.

Διότι γέγραπται· "Αγιοι γένεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι.

• Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

a For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defle yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, Lev. xi. 44. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy, xix. 2.

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Καὶ εἰ πατέρα ἐπικαλεῖσθε τὸν ἀπροσωπολήπτως κρίνοντα κατὰ τὸ ἑκάστου ἔργον, ἐν φόβῳ τὸν τῆς παροικίας ὑμῶν χρό- | τον ἀναστράφητε

a And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

See on John xiv. ver. 13. clause 2. b See on Rom. ii. ver. 11.

• See on Rom. ii. ver. 2.

dSee on ver. 1. clause 2.

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VER. 21.

Τοὺς δι' αὐτοῦ πιστεύοντας εἰς Θεὸν τὸν ἐγείραντα αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ δόξαν αὐτῷ δόντα, ὥστε τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν καὶ ἐλπίδα εἶναι εἰς Θεὸν.

a Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Jesus cried, and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me, John xii. 44.

• See on Acts ix. ver. 31. clause 1. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,

VER. 18. Εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ φθαρτοῖς, ἀργυρίῳ ἢ XPUσίῳ, ἐλυτρώθητε ἐκ τῆς ματαίας ὑμῶν ἀναστροφῆς πατροπαραδότου

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

VER. 19.

̓Αλλὰ τιμίῳ αἵματι ὡς ἀμνοῦ ἀμώμου καὶ ἀσπίλου Χριστοῦ·

and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me, xiv. 6.

b See on Acts ii. ver. 24.

See on Matt. xxviii. ver. 18. d See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 3.

VER. 22.

Τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἡγνικότες ἐν τῇ ὑπα κοῇ τῆς ἀληθείας διὰ Πνεύματος, εἰς φιλαδελφίαν ἀνυπόκριτον, ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας ἀλλήλους ἀγαπήσατε ἐκτενῶς·

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Seeing ye have purified your souls bin obeying the truth through the Spiunto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.

a But with the precious blood of Christ, bas of a lamb without blemish and with-rit out spot:

a See on 1 Cor. vi. ver. 20. clause 1. b See on John i. ver. 29. clause 1. VER. 20.

Προεγνωσμένου μὲν πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσα μου, φανερωθέντος δὲ ἐπ ̓ ἐσχάτων τῶν χρόνων δι ̓ ὑμᾶς,

a Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation af the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

a Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain, Acts ii. 23. According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, Eph. iii. 11. According to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 2 Tim. i. 9. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, Rev. xiii. 8.

b But when the fulness of the time

was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Gal. iv. 4.

a'See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 26.

b See on John xvii. ver. 17. clause 2. See on Ron. viii. ver. 14. clause 1. d See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3.

VER. 23.

Αναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρο τῆς, ἀλλὰ ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος Eo nai μévovтog eiç tòv aiãva.

a Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

a See on John i. ver. 13. clause 5. b Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him, 1 John iii. 9.

c See on Mark iv. ver. 14.

d See on Matt. xxiv.ver. 35. clause 2.

VER. 24.

Διέτι πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς χόρτος, καὶ πᾶσα δόξα ἀνθρώπου ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου. Ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος αὐτοῦ ἐξέπεσε

a* For all flesh is as grass, and all the

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