1 Peter 2:9

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Peter 2:9-10

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: (10) Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. What a blessed and honorable testimony hath God the Holy Ghost here given of the Lord's people. A chosen generation! Yes! chosen in Christ, before the world began, Ephesians... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:9

You are....a purchased people, whom Christ purchased, bought and redeemed with the price of his precious blood. --- That you may declare his [4] virtues; i.e. the excellencies and perfections of God, who hath called you, and now made you his people, which you were not, at least in this matter before, neither you that were Jews, nor especially you that were Gentiles. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Virtutes ejus, Greek: tas aretas, not Greek: dunameis, and so should... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:1-10

1-10 Evil-speaking is a sign of malice and guile in the heart; and hinders our profiting by the word of God. A new life needs suitable food. Infants desire milk, and make the best endeavours for it which they are able to do; such must be a Christian's desires after the word of God. Our Lord Jesus Christ is very merciful to us miserable sinners; and he has a fulness of grace. But even the best of God's servants, in this life, have only a taste of the consolations of God. Christ is called a... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-99

1Pet 2 THE LATTER VERSES of chapter 1 have shown us that the new birth which has taken place with each believer has a purifying effect, therefore the first verse of chapter 2 takes it for granted that we lay aside those ugly features which are the nature of the flesh in us. Of the things specified, malice, envy and evil speakings specially concern our relations with our fellows, and they are particularly mentioned because Peter is now going to bring before us truth which shows us the believer... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Peter 2:9-10

The royal priesthood of the Christians: v. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; v. 10. which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God; which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. A greater contrast cannot be conceived of than that which the apostle here presents with regard to the unbelievers and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Peter 2:1-10

1 Peter 2:1-10Analysis:—Exhortation of the regenerate to nourish themselves with the word of God, and to grow in Christ, to build themselves up on Him and to approve themselves a spiritual priesthood.1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings1, 2As newborn babes, desire2 the sincere milk of the word3, that ye 3grow thereby; If so be4 ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious5. 4To whom coming6, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Peter 2:9

1 Peter MIRRORS OF GOD 1Pe_2:9 . The Revised Version, instead of ‘praises,’ reads excellencies--and even that is but a feeble translation of the remarkable word here employed. For it is that usually rendered ‘virtues’; and by the word, of course, when applied to God, we mean the radiant excellencies and glories of His character, of which our earthly qualities, designated by the same name, are but as shadows. It is, indeed, true that this same expression is employed in the Greek version of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-10

Building on the Precious Corner-Stone 1 Peter 2:1-10 It is easy to lay aside malice, guile and evil speaking, when we are constantly feeding on the unadulterated milk of spiritual truth. If you have tasted of the grace of Jesus, you will not want to sip of the wine of Sodom. Drink, O beloved, eat and drink abundantly, that we may grow, casting aside sinful and childish things. The changing imagery of the next paragraph is remarkable. As we touch the Living Stone we live, and we touch others... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 2:1-25

In order to obey the injunctions, those to whom Peter writes are urged to put away all such things as are contrary to the spirit of love. In order to do this they will long for the sustenance of the Word. All this leads to the subject of the testing of their confidence. Describing the Church as a building, Peter declared the cornerstone is the living Christ, from whom the preciousness is derived, which is to manifest the excellencies of God to the world. The description of the Church is... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:9

THE HIGHEST OF ALL VOCATIONS‘Ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.’ 1 Peter 2:9 (R.V.) In the eyes of the early Church it was so splendid and sacred a distinction to be within the people of God that no distinctions within the body were anything like as important. To be a layman—whether you were Apostle or only a hearer—was to be a man called, chosen, marked, consecrated, responsible; to be a layman was to have a vocation and a value. I. Here lay one of the chief outward... read more

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