“ Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. ”
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy - Leviticus 11:44 . This command was addressed at first to the Israelites, but it is with equal propriety addressed to Christians, as the profess...
(9) Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. (9) He shows that sanctification does necessarily follow adoption.
Here the practical aim of the epistle becomes at the earliest possible moment clearly manifest. The writer finds in the central reality of the Christian faith the example, sacrifice, and resurrection...
Be ye holy, &c . Quoted from Leviticus 11:44 . See also Leviticus 19:2 ; Leviticus 20:7 .
DISCOURSE: 2386 NECESSITY OF HOLINESS 1 Peter 1:15-16 . As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy . IT i...
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Scripture is the source of all authority in questions of doctrine and practice. Be ye holy; for I am It is ME you have to do with Ye are m...
Greeting in the Name of the Holy Trinity. Encouragement to Hope in Faith and Obedience 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in...
(13-25) GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING. — This salvation being so magnificent, the Asiatic Hebrews must cling to it tenaciously, in holiness, in reverence caused by consideration of the cost of...
Chapter 4 THE CHRISTIAN'S IDEAL, AND THE STEPS THEREUNTO 1 Peter 1:13-21 THE Apostle, who has set forth the character of the Christian's election, who has given to the converts large assurance...
Redeemed and Purified 1 Peter 1:13-25 The appeal for a holy life is enforced by considering the great cost of our redemption and the great hope which is opened before us. Ours must be the girde...
Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pe...
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 Re 1-22, and live upon that inheritance which is Christ himself, now by fa...
PERSONAL HOLINESS ‘Be ye holy; for I am Holy.’ 1 Peter 1:16 The question at once meets us, ‘What is holiness?’ The original word, which we have translated ‘holiness,’ means ‘without earthlin...
Because it is written ,.... In Leviticus 11:44 be ye holy, for I am holy : an argument the apostle knew must have weight with these persons, who were chiefly Jews, scattered abroad among the Gen...
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Ver. 16. Be ye holy ] i.e. Separate from sin, and dedicated to God, in conformity to whom stands our happiness. See Trapp on " Mat 5:48 "
Wherefore Since your lot is fallen into these glorious times, wherein you enjoy such high privileges above what the people of God formerly enjoyed; since the blessings which are set before you are...
Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives)...
Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. A. D. 66. 13 Wherefore gird up the loi...
I am your Father, and therefore you ought to imitate and obey me: or, I that have severed you from other people, that you should be mine, Leviticus 20:26 , to which place particularly this seems t...
In The Light Of Their Great Privilege And Blessing They Should Set Themselves To Live Accordingly ( 1 Peter 1:13-16 ). In the light of the wonder of the message that has come to them, and of the s...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 1:13 . Be sober .—The word suggests a sobriety of the Nazarite type. To the end .—Margin, perfectly; hope with a hope that lacks nothing of completeness....
1 Peter 1:16 God's Holiness and Man's. I. The nature of God is the foundation of moral obligation. When we travel in thought to the cause and origin of all things, we perpetually fall back on God...
1 Peter 1:1-2 . Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, thr...
1 Peter 1:1 . Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ. These are his credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. To the strangers scattered abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have...
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind. Tighten the belt “Wherefore,” for this reason, that your salvation was so great an object of interest to prophets and to angels, it becomes you to main...
Expositions 1 Peter 1:1 Peter . It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit of prophecy ( John 1:4...
An Admonition to Lead a Godly Life. The need of holiness:
Amos 3:3 ; Leviticus 11:44 ; Leviticus 19:2 ; Leviticus 20:7
Strengthening the Brethren 1 Peter 1:10-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we wish to emphasize the concluding message of our last sermon. 1 Peter 1:7 tells us of the trial of fait...
Leviticus 11:44 .