Expositions of 1 Peter 1:1-21
1 Peter 1:1-2
Triumphant Hope for Spiritual Aliens
This exposition of Peter’s salutation unpacks four key elements of our election essential to living a triumphant Christian life in the face of mounting hostilities: we must remember that we are chosen, sanctified, sealed and blessed.
1 Peter 1:3-5
A Doxology of Hope
This exposition focuses on four elements of Christian hope that enrich our understanding of the unspeakable benefits of our salvation, namely, the source, power, promise and certainty of our hope.
1 Peter 1:6-9
Five Reasons to Rejoice
This exposition uncovers the rich doctrinal truths of our salvation that Peter used to encourage the suffering saints, reminding every believer that we can rejoice greatly because we have a salvation that is secure, a faith that is proven, a commendation that is inevitable, a love that is unseen and a deliverance that is in progress.
1 Peter 1:10-12
God's Revelation of the Salvation Message
This exposition unfolds the synergy of divine providence in three activities God used to reveal to us the glorious message of salvation from the perspective of the prophets who searched, the Holy Spirit who revealed and the apostles who preached.
1 Peter 1:13-17
Rightful Obligations
This exposition examines three crucial categories of exhortation pertaining to everyday Christian living. We are to live in light of eternity, live separate from the world and live with reverential awe.
1 Peter 1:18-21
Redemption--Our Motive For Holiness
This exposition examines four aspects of our redemption that should motivate us to holy living, namely, an understanding of the deliverance of redemption, the cost of redemption, the transcendence of redemption and the blessings of redemption.