I Peter 2:1-14I Peter 2:1 – “Therefore” – since they had purified their souls and been born again, Peter exhorts them to put aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, etc. and desire the word of God.I Peter 2:2 – No matter how long we have been serving God, we still need the milk of God’s word.I Peter 2:3 – The word “if” here is used in the sense of “since.” Do these things in verse 2 since you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.I Peter 2:9 – Christians are a chosen race in the sense that they are the people who decided to obey God. It’s not a particular physical race that are now God’s chosen race.See also Colossians 1:13. We have been called out of darkness.I Peter 2:10 – The quotes here are from Hosea 1:10.I Peter 2:11 – We can win this war because God has promised not to tempt us beyond what we are able to bear. (I Corinthians 10:13)I Peter 2:12 – We should live so as to influence others for good. Even if they have heard the word and rejected it, seeing us living well may cause them to seek God.“day of visitation”:Psalms 8:4Psalms 106:4Luke 1:68, 78Luke 7:16Luke 9:44I Peter 2:13-14 – Compare Romans 13:4.
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