Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 1 Peter
Chapter 2  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:9 JFB -> Commentary on 2:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:9 PNT -> Commentary on 2:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:9 TSK -> Commentary on 2:9 TSK -> Entry for 2:9 WEN -> Notes on 2:9 NTB -> Blindness; Chosen, Or Elected; Darkness; Depravity Of Man; God; Holiness; Intercession; Light; Praise; Priest; Quotations And Allusions; Righteous TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Call of God, The; Light; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Praise; Priests; Redemption; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Consecration; Generation; Peculiar; Priest UTM -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 2:9 - [In Context] But you are chosen people. You are the King's priests. You are a holy F20 nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:10 JFB -> Commentary on 2:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:10 PNT -> Commentary on 2:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:10 TSK -> Commentary on 2:10 TSK -> Entry for 2:10 WEN -> Notes on 2:10 NTB -> God (continued); Prophecy; Righteous TTT -> Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Ammi; Hosea, Prophecies of 2:10 - [In Context] At one time you were not God's people. But now you are God's people. In the past you had never received mercy. But now you have received mercy {from God}.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:11 JFB -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:11 PNT -> Commentary on 2:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:11 TSK -> Commentary on 2:11 TSK -> Entry for 2:11 WEN -> Notes on 2:11 NTB -> Commandments; Example; Holiness; Influence; Lust; Righteous; Self-Denial; War; Worldliness TTT -> Pilgrims and Strangers; Saints, Compared to; Self-denial; Warfare of Saints TV -> Devotional using 2:11 TV -> Devotional using 2:11 TV -> Devotional using 2:11 2:11 - [In Context] Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers {in this world}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:12 JFB -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:12 PNT -> Commentary on 2:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:12 TSK -> Commentary on 2:12 TSK -> Entry for 2:12 WEN -> Notes on 2:12 NTB -> Commandments; Example; Glorifying God; Holiness; Honesty; Influence; Integrity; Self-Denial; Slander; Speaking; Works TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God; Conduct, Christian; Day; Glorifying God; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Slander; Works, Good TV -> Devotional using 2:12 TV -> Devotional using 2:12 2:12 - [In Context] People who don't believe are living all around you. Those people may say that you are doing wrong. So live good lives. Then they will see the good things you do, and they will give glory to God on that day when he comes.
FOOTNOTES: F20: holy   God's people are called holy because they are made pure through Christ, and they belong only to God.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.