1 Peter 1:1,2
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,... [ Continue Reading ]
ELECT ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, THROUGH SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT, UNTO OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST: GRACE UNTO YOU AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED. The opening is simple, commensurate with the dignity of an apostle and the message which he proclaimed: Pe... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHICH ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY HATH BEGOTTEN US AGAIN UNTO A LIVELY HOPE, BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD,... [ Continue Reading ]
A PRAISE OF GOD FOR HIS MANIFOLD BLESSINGS. The wonderful gifts of God's grace:... [ Continue Reading ]
TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE, AND UNDEFILED, AND THAT FADES NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO ARE KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH UNTO SALVATION, READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREIN YE GREATLY REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A SEASON, IF NEED BE, YE ARE IN HEAVINESS THROUGH MANIFOLD TEMPTATIONS,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD THAT PERISHETH, THOUGH IT BE TRIED WITH FIRE, MIGHT BE FOUND UNTO PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN, YE LOVE; IN WHOM, THOUGH NOW YE SEE HIM NOT, YET BELIEVING, YE REJOICE WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY;... [ Continue Reading ]
RECEIVING THE END OF YOUR FAITH, EVEN THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS. The apostle knew that the Christians to whom he was writing needed encouragement. But there is no better way of cheering up faint-hearted Christians than by singing the praises of Him to whose goodness and mercy we owe such an overwh... [ Continue Reading ]
OF WHICH SALVATION THE PROPHETS HAVE ENQUIRED AND SEARCHED DILIGENTLY, WHO PROPHESIED OF THE GRACE THAT SHOULD COME UNTO YOU;... [ Continue Reading ]
The revelation concerning God's gift:... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCHING WHAT OR WHAT MANNER OF TIME THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, WHICH WAS IN THEM, DID SIGNIFY WHEN IT TESTIFIED BEFOREHAND THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST, AND THE GLORY THAT SHOULD FOLLOW.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO WHOM IT WAS REVEALED THAT NOT UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT UNTO US THEY DID MINISTER THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOW REPORTED UNTO YOU BY THEM THAT HAVE PREACHED THE GOSPEL UNTO YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN; WHICH THINGS THE ANGELS DESIRE TO LOOK INTO. The apostle now places the proper emphas... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE GIRD UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND, BE SOBER, AND HOPE TO THE END FOR THE GRACE THAT IS TO BE BROUGHT UNTO YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST;... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ADMONITION TO LEAD A GODLY LIFE. The need of holiness:... [ Continue Reading ]
AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, NOT FASHIONING YOURSELVES ACCORDING TO THE FORMER LUSTS IN YOUR IGNORANCE;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS HE WHICH HATH CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO BE YE HOLY IN ALL MANNER OF CONVERSATION;... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, BE YE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY. Because the believers are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, therefore there is need that they be strengthened in faith and a holy life day by day, as the apostle writes: Therefore, girded up in the loins of your mind and with sob... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
The reason for the holiness of Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO VERILY WAS FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, BUT WAS MANIFEST IN THESE LAST TIMES FOR YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
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. That is a characteristic of the Christians: they invoke God as their Father, they bring all their requests to His attention because He is their Father for the sake of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING YE HAVE PURIFIED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT UNTO UNFEIGNED LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, SEE THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER WITH A PURE HEART FERVENTLY... [ Continue Reading ]
The quality of Christian love:... [ Continue Reading ]
BEING BORN AGAIN, NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, BUT OF INCORRUPTIBLE, BY THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH LIVETH AND ABIDETH FOREVER.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS, AND ALL THE GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERETH, AND THE FLOWER THEREOF FALLETH AWAY;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOREVER. AND THIS IS THE WORD WHICH BY THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED UNTO YOU. Just as earnestly as the apostle emphasized the necessity of faith and of unwavering trust in God, just so strongly he brings out the need of Christian love: Having your hearts purified in the o... [ Continue Reading ]