Peter's short letter to the 'exiles of the Dispersion' addresses many topi: holiness, the sufferings of Christ, suffering as a Christian, God's sovereignty in salvation and life, the grace of God, the work of the Holy Spirit, the church as the new people of God, the reality of the unseen spiritual world, and trusting in God in the midst of daily circumstances. It is suffering, Wayne Grudem suggests, that ties these seemingly disparate themes together, particularly suffering as a form of imitating Christ, who, by bearing our sins on the cross, gives meaning and comfort to Christians in all aspects of their daily lives.

Leon Morris

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

1 Peter

General preface

Author’s preface

Abbreviations

Books and journals

Ancient extra-biblical literature

General abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

1. Author

2. Place of writing

3. Date

4. Destination and readers

5. Purpose

6. Nature and possible sources of I Peter

7. Prominent themes in 1 Peter

ANALYSIS

1. SALUTATION: PETER THE APOSTLE TO SOJOURNERS IN GOD'S ETERNAL CARE (1:1–2)

2. GENERAL DOCTRINE: THE GREATNESS OF YOUR SALVATION (1:3–2:10)

3. SPECIFIC ETHICAL TEACHINGS: HOW TO BE HOLY IN THE MIDST OF UNBELIEVERS (2:11–5:11)

4. CLOSING GREETINGS (5:12–14)

COMMENTARY

1. SALUTATION: PETER THE APOSTLE TO SOJOURNERS IN GOD’S ETERNAL CARE (1:1–2)

a. You grow as Christians through joyful faith (1:3–12)

Additional note: New Covenant rewards (1:4)

Additional note: 'Time and circumstances' or 'person or time'? (1:11)

b. Application: you must be holy in all your conduct (1:13–25)

c. How to advance in holiness (2:1–10)

Additional note: The dwelling place of God (2:5)

Additional note: Election and reprobation in Scripture (2:8)

a. General principles (2:11–12)

b. Living as citizens: be subject to government authorities, for the Lord's sake (2:13–17)

c. Living as servants: be subject to your masters (2:18–25)

Additional note: Did Christ 'carry our sins up to the cross'? (2:24)

d. Living as married persons (3:1–7)

e. Living as Christians generally (3:8–4:19)

f. Living as church members and officers (5:1–7)

g. Living as Christians in spiritual conflict (5:8–11)

a. I am sending this by faithful Silvanus (5:12a)

b. Stand in the grace I have described (5:12b)

c. Greetings from the church in Rome and from Mark (5:13)

d. Greet one another (5:14a)

e. Peace to all who are in Christ (5:14b)

APPENDIX

CHRIST PREACHING THROUGH NOAH: 1 PETER 3:19–20 IN THE LIGHT OF DOMINANT THEMES IN JEWISH LITERATURE

I. WHO ARE THE ‘SPIRITS IN PRISON’?

a. The meaning of 'spirit' (pneuma)

b. Evidence from four other defining phrases

c. Additional note: can we assume that Peter's readers knew 1 Enoch?

II. WHAT DID CHRIST PROCLAIM?

III. WHEN DID CHRIST PREACH?

a. The connection between verse 18 and verse 19

b. Between his death and resurrection—or after his resurrection

c. At the time of Noah

1. Could Peter have thought this?

2. Relationship to the larger context (especially 1 Peter 3:13–22)

3. The translation 'when they formerly disobeyed'

4. Remaining objections

IV. CONCLUSION

Wayne Grudem offers comment on the book of 1 Peter.

In 1 Peter, explains Wayne Grudem, readers are encouraged to grow in their trust in God and their obedience to him throughout their lives, but especially when they suffer. "Here is a brief and very clear summary both of the consolations and instructions needful for the encouragement and direction of a Christian in his journey to Heaven, elevating his thoughts and desires to that happiness, and strengthening him against all opposition in the way, both that of corruption within, and temptations and afflictions from without," says Archbishop Robert Leighton in the introduction.The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries have long been a trusted resource for Bible study. Written by some of the world's most distinguished evangelical scholars, these twenty volumes offer clear, reliable, and relevant explanations of every book in the New Testament.These Tyndale volumes are designed to help readers understand what the Bible actually says and what it means. The introduction to each volume gives a concise but thorough description of the authorship, date, and historical background of the biblical book under consideration. The commentary itself examines the text section by section, drawing out its main themes. It also comments on individual verses and deals with problems of interpretation. The aim throughout is to get at the true meaning of the Bible and to make its message plain to readers today.The original, unrevised text of this volume has been completely retypeset and printed in a larger, more attractive format with the new cover design for the series.

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