1 Peter 1:2

Moffatt

1 Peter 1:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Elect

The foreknowledge

Romans 11:2

Sanctification

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Unto

Hebrews 5:9

Sprinkling

Hebrews 9:19

Hebrews 11:28

Hebrews 12:24

Be

2 Peter 1:2

Jude 1:2

General references

1 Corinthians 1:3

Philippians 1:2

Jude 1:2

Bible References

Elect

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

God has not repudiated his People, his predestined People! Surely you know what scripture says in the passage called 'Elijah'? You know how he pleads with God against Israel:

He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight,

As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper ??13 forbear and forgive each other in any case of complaint; as Christ forgave you, so must you forgive.

All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and for their knowledge of the Truth that goes with a religious life,

The presbyter, to the elect Lady and her children whom I love in the Truth (and not only I but all who know the Truth)

The foreknowledge

this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder;

who makes this known from of old.

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory ??24 that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?

God has not repudiated his People, his predestined People! Surely you know what scripture says in the passage called 'Elijah'? You know how he pleads with God against Israel:

Sanctification

And now I entrust you to God and the word of his grace; he is able to upbuild you and give you your inheritance among all the consecrated.

as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;

Some of you were once like that; but you washed yourselves clean, you were consecrated, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

Unto

Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.

Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel; it makes me rejoice over you. Still, I want you to be experts in good and innocents in evil.

and by being thus perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Sprinkling

for after Moses had announced every command in the Law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, sprinkling the book and all the people,

It was by faith that he celebrated the passover and performed the sprinkling by blood, so that the destroying angel might not touch Israel's first-born.

to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.

Be

grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of our Lord.

mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.

General references

grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.