#bible #Biblestudy #1peter #1peter1 # 1 Peter 01 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] --- ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) 1 [^1] This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.  2 God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. ### The Hope of Eternal Life 3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,  4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.  5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. 6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.  7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. [[Testing of God (What are Tests)]] 8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.  9 The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. 10 This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.  11 They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward. 12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen. ### A Call to Holy Living 13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.  14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.  15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.  16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” 17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”  18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.  19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.  20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake. 21 Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. 22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.Love each other deeply with all your heart. 23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.  24 As the Scriptures say,  “People are like grass;     their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. [[Isaiah 40]] 25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And that word is the Good News that was preached to you. --- ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary **Verse 1-3. God establishes our hope in Christ.** Verse One. - Pete- calls himself an apostle of Jesus Christ. He announces his writing authority. As an old man, he is comfortable with his status as a "sent one" for the Gospel. - "__Living as foreigners-__" Peter is likely not only writing to the Jewish people who have been dispersed throughout the Roman world, but he is writing to all who call themselves Christians. As he states later, he sees Christians as having true citizenship in Heaven. Verse Two. - All three of the Trinity are present in salvation: - - Father- Chose to save. - Holy Spirit drew us to Himself (holiness). - Jesus made it possible. - __Grace and Peace__- Grace is the unmerited favor of God. Peace is the settled state of the soul after receiving grace. Verse Three. - We are saved by God's great mercy, not our own effort. - Because of the salvation that comes through the finished work of Jesus Christ, we now have a living hope. This means a hope that is flexible, breathes, and has life. It is not rigid and is unable to fit within our lives. It stretches and moves. It can accompany us, survive storms, and guide us through any valley. **Verse 4-5. God guards our hope as an inheritance**. Verse Four. - Priceless inheritance- Peter may be reflecting on the inheritance and promise God gave to the nation of Israel in the form of Canaan. This promise could be taken away or fall into disrepair. He is saying the hope of salvation cannot be taken, stolen, lost, and never grows stale. Our inheritance is eternal life with God. Verse Five. - Protecting- The Greek word is a military term. The mental picture is an army outpost being guarded and protected. Peter is saying God's power protects what He has given us. There is nothing that can overwhelm God; therefore, there is nothing that can remove our promise of eternal life. **Verse 6-9. God matures our hope through trials**. Verse Six. - What we know about trials from the following verse: - They have the capacity to bring gladness. - They end in wonderful joy for those who have their trust in the Lord. - They will come. - They do not last into eternity. They are only in this life. - A little while- Peter is saying they are nothing when considering the length of eternity. Verse Seven. - __Trials show the genuineness of our faith__- Trials show us how valuable faith (confidence) in God can be. Trials show us how powerful God is and how solid our faith can stand in adversity. An untried faith is an untrustworthy faith. - __Tested like gold__- It was common to heat gold or other precious metals to draw out all that was impure. The purpose was to make the gold as pure as possible. This made it more valuable. - __Revealed to the whole world__- Possibly two-fold. (1) As more and more people come to know the Lord. (2) The second coming of Christ. Verse Eight. - __You love Him even though you have never seen Him__- Possibly Peter is thinking back to when Jesus told Thomas that it is more blessed for those who believe without seeing Jesus in person. Verse Nine. - Trust = salvation. **Verse 10-12. God establishes our hope in Christ**. Verse Ten and Eleven. - The prophets saw only the pieces of God's plan. It would be like seeing an unfinished jigsaw puzzle. You see the pieces, but you don't know how they all fit together. We are blessed to see how it all worked out to fulfill the plan of Jesus. This gives us hope that the rest will happen too. Verse Twelve. - Even the angels were excited to see how God would redeem His creation. If they are excited, how much more should we be when we see God moving in our lives? **Verse 12. Fold Up Our Sleeves and Get To IT.** _****Verse 12****_. - __"Therefore,"__ The NLT uses the word "so," but the most literal translation is "therefore." This word works best because Peter is making a summation of all that has come before. In light of what we know, he tells us to get moving. We are to think clearly, get holy, and put all our hope in God. _****Verse 14-16****_. - Verse 14: "God's children"- We are to think of God as our Heavenly Father, and the goal of children is to be like their parents. Peter is saying we should be like Him and then explains what this means. We are to walk away from our old sinful patterns and embrace the ways of God. - Verse 15-16: There has been a lot of confusion about what it means to be holy as God is holy. The primary meaning of holy in this passage is to be different. When God tells the nation of Israel to be holy in Leviticus, He is telling them to do all He commands so they will be different than the other nations. Being different means we are also working toward complete wholeness, but it first means being different. _****Verse 17-22****_. - Verse 17: "temporary residents"- Peter reminds the churches that their primary citizenship is Heaven. Therefore, it is okay if we never feel completely at home here. There is something in all of us that longs to be fully "home" with the Lord. - Verse 18: "ransom"- We often overlook the fact that this word originates from the slave trade. This is where someone had to pay for the freedom of a slave. This was not given away. There was a price for freedom, which was not possible. Jesus paid a high price for our salvation. - Verse 20-22: The plan of God- God had a plan in place to rescue us all the way back to the beginning. _****Verse 23-25****_. - Peter ends this section with reminding us that we can completely trust all these promises because they come from God. He made the Heavens and the Earth. He sustains it all by His will. Therefore, He is strong enough to keep His Word to us. --- ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights --- ## 🧠 Chapter Summary Verse 1-12: - Jesus is our living hope. - The hope of salvation is our spiritual inheritance. - The Trinity is fully involved in salvation. - Father wills it. - Holy Spirit draws us. - Jesus makes is possible. --- ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application - 📌 Jesus is our living hope. - 📌 Trials purifies and reveals our faith. - 📌 God calls us to holiness. - (Add more as needed.) #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 M --- ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - --- ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 - 🔗 Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 --- ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." --- ##### 📂 Internal Links [^1]: [[Series_BAssurance_1_1Peter1.1-12]]