Excerpt from Exposition of the First Epistle of Peter, Vol. 2 of 2: Considered in Reference to the Whole System of Divine Truth

The Apostle resumes the exhortation which he had interrupted, v. 23 - 25, for the purpose of laying anew the foundation whereon it is grounded, and so turns back to v. 22, which is noticed only by Gerhard. The first verse is therefore less the continuation, than the resumption of the preceding exhortation, and is also the link of connection with what follows, as being that out of which the next admonition proceeds. After he had discoursed upon the worth of salvation, and the possibility of faith being tried with temptations, the joy of the first Christians, and their love to the Saviour, he admonished them: 1. to remain true to their calling, and in their walk to remain separate from the world, 2. but with united hearts to continue firmly bound among themselves, as born together for eternity, and now, 3. he bids them grow spiritually in Christ, etc.

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