Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
1 PETER 1:13-2:10 - OUR BEHAVIOR: LOGICAL RESPONSE TO GREAT SALVATION
1. 1:13-21 OUR BEHAVIOR IN LIGHT OF GREAT SALVATION
a. 1:13-16 SALVATION PROMPTS HOLINESS
Di' ho a-na-zoSAme-noi [328] tas osPHUas [3751] tes di-aNOIas [1271] huMON,
Wherefore girding up the loins of your :mind,
NEphon-tes [3525] teLEIos [5049] elPIsa-te [1679] ePI ten phe-roMEnen [5342]
being sober perfectly set your hope on the grace
huMIN CHArin en a-po-kaLUpsei [602]'IeSOU ChrisTOU;
that is being brought to you at Jesus Christ's revelation;
hos TEKna hu-pa-koES [5218], mesun-sche-ma-tiZOme-noi [4964]
14 as children of obedience, not being fashioned
tais PROte-ron en teagNOIa [52]huMON e-pi-thuMIais [1939]:
according to your former :lusts in your ignorance:
alLA kaTA ton kaLEsan-ta [2563] huMAS HAgi-on [40],
l5 but like as he who called you is holy,
kai auTOI HAgi-oi en PAsea-na-stroPHE[391]geNEthe-te;
become YOU also holy in yourwhole behavior;
di' HOti GEgrap-tai HOti,
16 because it is written [that],
HAgi-oi Eses-the, HOti eGOHAgi-os.
You shall be holy, because I amholy.
b. 1:17-21 CHRIST'S ATONING WORK PROMPTS HOLINESS
kai ei paTEra e-pi-kaLEISthe [1941], ton a-pro-so-poLEMPtos [678]
And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons
KRInon-ta [2919] kaTA to heKAStou ERgon,
judges according to the work of each,
en PHOboton tes pa-roiKIas [3940]huMON CHROnon a-naSTRAphe-te [390]:
pass the time of your :sojourning in fear:
eiDOtes HOti, ou phtharTOIS [5349],
18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corrupibles,
ar-guRIoechruSIo, e-luTROthe-te [3084]
with silver or gold,
ek tes maTAIas [3152]huMON a-na-stroPHES [391]pa-tro-pa-raDOtou [3970];
from your vain behavior handed down from yourfathers;
alLA tiMIo[5093[ HAIma-ti [129],
19 but with precious blood,
hos amNOU [286]aMOmou [299]kai aSPIlou [784], ChrisTOU:
as of a lamb blameless and spotless, of Christ:
pro-eg-nosMEnou [4267]men pro ka-ta-boLES [2602]KOSmou,
20 foreknown indeed before theworld's foundation,
pha-ne-roTHENtos [5319]de ep' esCHAtou ton CHROnon di' huMAS,
but manifested at theend of the times for your sake,
tous di' auTOU pisTOUS eis TheON,
21 who through him believe unto God,
ton eGEIran-ta [1453]auTON ek neKRON, kai DOxan auTODONta;
that raised him for thedead, and gave him glory;
HOSte ten PIStin huMON kai elPIda EInai eis TheON.
so that your faith and hope be unto God.
2. 1:22-2:10 OUR LOGICAL RESPONSE TO THE GOSPEL
a. 1:22-23 BROTHERLY LOVE: A PROPER RESPONSE TO SALVATION
Tas psuCHAS huMON eg-ni-KOtes [48]en tehu-pa-koE[5218]tes a-leTHEIas
Having purified your :souls in :obedience to the truth
eis phi-la-delPHIan [5360] a-nuPOkri-ton [505],
unto unfeigned love of thebrethren,
en karDIas alLElous a-gaPEsa-te ek-teNOS [1619]:
love one another from theheart fervently:
a-na-ge-gen-neMEnoi [313], ouk ek spoRAS [4701]phtharTES [5349],
23 begotten again, not of corruptible seed,
alLA aphTHARtou [862], diA LOgou ZONtos [2198],
but of incorruptible, through God's word,
TheOU kai MEnon-tos [3306].
which lives and abides.
b. 1:24a SHORTNESS OF LIFE: REASON FOR RESPONSE
di' HOti, PAsa sarx hos CHORtos [5528],
Because, All flesh is as grass,
kai PAsa DOxa auTES hos ANthos CHORtou.
And all its glory as a flower of grass.
c. 1:24b-25a LINK UP WITH ETERNAL WORD: NOT TRANSITORY FLESH-LIFE
e-xeRANthe[3583]ho CHORtos, kai to ANthos [438]eXEpe-sen [1601]:
The grass is withering, and the flower is falling:
to de 'REma KuRIou MEnei eis ton aiOna.
25a But the Lord's word abides unto the age.
d. 1:25b THE GOSPEL: JESUS - IS THE ETERNAL WORD
TOUto de es-tin to 'REma [4487]to eu-ag-ge-lisTHEN [2097]eis huMAS.
And this is the word of good tidings preached unto you.
e. 2:1-5 REJECT FLESH LUSTS: CHOOSE THE LORD'S LIVING RELATIONSHIP
A-poTHEme-noi [659] oun PAsan kaKIan, kai PANta DOlon [1388],
Having put away therefore all wickedness, and all guile,
kai huPOkri-sin [5272], kai PHTHOnous [5355], kai PAsas ka-ta-laLIas [2936],
and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings,
hos ar-tiGENne-ta [738]BREphe[1025], to lo-giKON [3050]Ado-lon [97]GAla [1051]e-pi-poTHEsa-te [1971],
2 as newborn babes, long for the reasonable guileless milk,
HIna en auTOau-xeTHE-te [837]eis soteRIan [4990];
that you may grow thereby unto salvation;
ei eGEUsas-the [1089]HOti chresTOS [5543]ho KUri-os:
3 if you have tasted that the Lord is good:
pros hon pro-serCHOme-noi [4334], LIthon [3037]ZONta [2198],
4unto whom coming, a living stone,
aPO anTHROpon men a-po-de-do-ki-masMEnon [593],
rejected indeed of men,
paRA de TheOek-lekTON [1588], ENti-mon [1784],
but with God elect, precious,
kai auTOI, hos LIthoi ZONtes, oi-ko-doMEISthe [3618]
5you also, as living stones, are being built up
OIkos pneu-ma-tiKOS [4152], eis hi-eRAteu-ma [2406]HAgi-on,
a spiritual house, unto a holy priesthood,
a-neNEGkai [399]pneu-ma-tiKAS thuSIas [2378],
to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
eu-prosDEKtous [2155]TheOdiA 'IeSOU ChrisTOU.
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
f. 2:6 JESUS; THE CHIEF CORNER STONE OF A LIVING TEMPLE
di' HOti pe-riEchei [4023]en graPHE[1124],
Because it is contained in a scripture,
I-DOU, TIthe-mi en SiON LIthon ek-lekTON a-kro-go-niAIon [204], ENti-mon [1784]:
Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
kai ho piSTEUon ep' auTOou meka-tai-schunTHE[2617].
And who believes on him shall in no wise be shamed.
g. 2:7-8 CHRIST: A SAVOR OF LIFE UNTO LIFE, OR DEATH UNTO DEATH
huMIN oun hetiME[5092]tois piSTEUou-sin:
For you therefore that believe is the honor:
a-piSTOUsin [544]de,
but for the disbelieving,
LIthos hon a-pe-doKIma-san [593]hoi oi-ko-doMOUNtes [3618],
A stone which the builders rejected,
HOUtos e-geNEtheeis ke-phaLEN [2776] goNIas [1137];
The same was made head of the corner;
kai, LIthos prosKOMma-tos [4348], kai PEtra skanDAlou [4625]:
8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence:
hoi proSKOPtou-sin to[4350]LOgo, a-peiTHOUNtes [544];
who stumble at the word, being disobedient;
eis ho kai eTEthe-san [5087].
whereunto also they were appointed.
h. 2:9-10 MERCY TO CHURCH - DEMANDS GOD TO BE MANIFESTED
huMEIS de GEnos [1085]ek-lekTON [1588], baSIlei-on [934]hi-eRAteu-ma [2406],
But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood,
ETHnos [1484]HAgi-on, laOS [2992]eis pe-riPOIe-sin [4047],
a holy nation, a people for God'spossession,
HOpos tas a-reTAS [703]e-xagGEIlete [1804]tou
so that you may show forth the excellencies of him
ek SKOtous [4655]huMAS kaLEsan-tos eis to thau-masTON [2298]auTOU phos [5457]:
who called you out of darkness into his marvellous :light:
hoi poTE ou laOS, nun de laOS TheOU:
10 who once wereno people, but now areGod's people:
hoi ouk e-le-eMEnoi [1653], nun de e-le-eTHENtes.
who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
NOTE: There are some New Testament Versions that place the 7 letters of James through Jude right before the book of Romans. I believe this is correct. The Gospels bring us into spiritual Elementary School. The Book of Acts is a Junior High equivalent. Then these 7 General (or Catholic) epistles are like spiritual High School. Theyprepare us for Paul's 14 epistles and the Book of Revelation, which is College or University equivalent, and perhaps “Revelation” is a post-graduate course.
The Bible Numeric phenomenon discovered by Ivan Panin and others, confirms this book order.
So 1 Peter is an excellent preparation for the letters of Paul, and quite properly precedes them in order.
It was especially to Peter the fisherman that Jesus said, “Follow Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men!“ Jesuscalled Paul the rabbi, raised at the feet of Gamaliel, former member of the Sanhedrin, to set forth the mysteries of the Gospel, and God's long-standing plan to bring Gentiles into relationship with the spiritual Jewish Remnant as the “One New Man.” Peter didthink that Paul wrote some things hard to understand!
But Peter did have three years with Jesus. He witnessed His ministry from the beginning, His signs and wonders and teaching, and finally His death, resurrection and ascension. So he was well qualified to set forth Jesus for common folk to understand. And in the beginning, these common folk Christians were all Jewish believers! And it was through Peter that the door was opened to bring Gentiles into the Church.
Peter well understood God's plan for Jesus the Messiah long before He took on human form. In the Archives of Eternity, God had carefully set forth His Son to be the Savior of the world. And - our God is One: Father, Son and Holy Spirit - from Eternity past, just as man is one: spirit, soul and body. See the spirit that God desires us as believers to manifest Him through us - as loving one another fervently. This was the relationship of believers in the beginning. The testimony concerning them was, “See how they love one another!” We need to recapture this.
1 Peter 2:5 tells the nature of God's spiritual church - us! It is a spiritual house, a holy priesthood and living stones. Paul in Ephesians adds to this: a spiritual temple; a building; a bride; a body; an army - and “One New Man,” with Christ the Head, and all of us as living stones or members.
We once - Jews and Gentiles - were no people! But God has chosen us, called and transformed us as a holy nation and His possession. No wonder so many of us read Peter for his moving analogies given to him by the Holy Spirit. Jim Watt
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