2Elect 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.
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But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: …
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)In this inscription we have three parts:— I. The author of it, described, 1. By his name— Peter . His first name was Simon , and Jesus Christ gave him the surname of Peter , which signifies a rock , as a commendation of his faith, and to denote that he should be an eminent pillar in the church of God, Gal. 2:9. 2. By his office— an apostle of Jesus Christ . The word signifies one sent, a legate, a…
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