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

 2 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.

 3 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,

 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

 7 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 honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

 8 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:

 9 Receiving the end of your faith, *even* the salvation of *your* souls.

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

 11 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.

 12 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.

 13 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;

 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

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

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

 17 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:

 18 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;

 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

 21 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.

 22 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:

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

 24 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:

 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
 
[James 5](/study/james/5) [1 Peter 2](/study/1-peter/2)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
**1. Peter**—*Greek* form of
Cephas, *man of rock.* 

**an apostle of Jesus
Christ**—"He who preaches otherwise than as a messenger of
Christ, is not to be heard; if he preach as such, then it is all one
as if thou didst hear Christ speaking in thy presence" [LUTHER]. 

**to the strangers
scattered**—literally, "sojourners *of the dispersion*";
only in [John 7:35](/kjv/john/7/35); [James 1:1](/kjv/james/1/1),
in New Testament, and the *Septuagint,* [James 1:1](/kjv/james/1/1)- :, "the outcasts of Israel"; the designation
peculiarly given to *the Jews* in their dispersed state
throughout the world ever since the Babylonian captivity. These he,
as the apostle of the circumcision, primarily addresses, but not in
the limited temporal sense only; he regards their temporal condition
as a shadow of their spiritual calling to be *strangers* and
pilgrims on earth, looking for the heavenly Jerusalem as their home.
So the *Gentile* Christians, as the spiritual Israel, are
included secondarily, as having the same high calling. He ([1 Peter 1:14](/kjv/1-peter/1/14);
[1 Peter 2:10](/kjv/1-peter/2/10); [1 Peter 4:3](/kjv/1-peter/4/3))
plainly refers to Christian *Gentiles* (compare [1 Peter 1:17](/kjv/1-peter/1/17);
[1 Peter 2:11](/kjv/1-peter/2/11)). Christians, if they
rightly consider their calling, must never settle themselves here,
but feel themselves *travellers.* As the Jews in their
*dispersion* diffused through the nations the knowledge of the
one God, preparatory to Christ's first advent, so Christians, by
their dispersion among the unconverted, diffuse the knowledge of
Christ, preparatory to His second advent. "The children of God
scattered abroad" constitute one whole in Christ, who "gathers
them together in one," now partially and in Spirit, hereafter
perfectly and visibly. "Elect," in the *Greek* order,
comes before "strangers"; *elect,* in relation to
heaven, *strangers,* in relation to the earth. The *election*
here is that of individuals to eternal life by the sovereign grace of
God, as the sequel shows. "While each is certified of his own
election by the Spirit, he receives no assurance concerning others,
nor are we to be too inquisitive [[John 21:21](/kjv/john/21/21);
[John 21:22](/kjv/john/21/22)]; Peter numbers them
among the *elect,* as they carried the appearance of having been
regenerated" [CALVIN].
He calls the whole Church by the designation strictly belonging only
to the better portion of them [CALVIN].
The election to *hearing,* and that to *eternal life,* are
distinct. Realization of our election is a strong motive to holiness.
The minister invites all, yet he does not hide the truth that in none
but the elect will the preaching effect eternal blessing. As the
chief fruit of exhortations, and even of threatenings, redounds to
"the elect"; therefore, at the outset, Peter addresses
*them.* STEIGER
translates, to "the elect pilgrims who form the dispersion in
Pontus.", c. The *order* of the provinces is that in which
they would be viewed by one writing from the east from *Babylon*
([1 Peter 5:13](/kjv/1-peter/5/13)) from northeast
southwards to Galatia, southeast to Cappadocia, then Asia, and back
to Bithynia, west of Pontus. Contrast the order, [1 Peter 5:13](/kjv/1-peter/5/13)- :. He now was ministering to those same peoples as he preached
to on Pentecost: "Parthians, Medes, Elamites, dwellers in
Mesopotamia and Judea," that is, the Jews now subject to the
Parthians, whose capital was *Babylon,* where he labored in
person; "dwellers in Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia,
Bithynia," the Asiatic dispersion derived from Babylon, whom he
ministers to by letter.

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