Jesus then gave Peter the name of Cephas – John 1:40-42. “It is remarkable that St. Peter habitually uses the aorist for his imperatives, even when we might expect the present; the only exceptions (two or three) are preceded by words removing all ambiguity, 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 4:12 f”. 1 Peter 2:5. Accordingly, the apostle says that this is amply provided for, by constituting "the whole body of Christians" to be in fact a priesthood. Matthew 16:15-18). But we must not be loose in our thinking and turn it into what it is not. 1. for offering of sacrifice, lit., to bring up to the altar. 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. This follows from the fact that the Incarnate Son is described as a part of the Temple. You must let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple.” Note the, man or woman, is a priest to God and has direct access to God through Jesus Christ! (See 1Corinthians 15:28.) What, then, do the sacrifices consist of? One day they willlive with God in heaven and share God’s *glory. The Christian substitution of something else in lieu of the Jerusalem Temple was one of the greatest stumbling-blocks to the Hebrews from the very first. and Heb. 1 Peter 5:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Peter 5:11, NIV: "To him be the power for ever and ever. All history is the process of building up a “spiritual palace” out of a regenerate humanity, in order that, in the end, the Father Himself may occupy it. This is said, not of a distinct class, as of ministers, but of the whole body of believers. Since there is a priest, there is also involved the notion of a sacrifice; but that which is offered is such as all Christians offer to God, proceeding from the heart, and breathed forth from the lips, and in a holy life. This also infers, that each Christian has direct access to God through Jesus Christ (1 Timothy 2:5). None is a priest who does not offer sacrifices (Hebrews 8:3). Both the tabernacle (Exodus 25:9) and the temple (1 Chronicles 28:11-19), were built according to an exact pattern. They are being taught to recognise that they themselves, in their union with one another, and with Jesus Christ, are the true abode of the Most High. It is possible, as Dean Plumptre and others believe, that in speaking of the Church in these terms, Peter recalled the great declaration made to him by Christ Himself, the full significance of which he had been slow enough to take in, on the subject of the Church, and the rock on which its Lord was to build it (Matthew 16:18). (Compare how Paul uses a similar illustration of us being different members of the body - 1 Corinthians 12). The first aspect in which this is illustrated here is, that the temple of God was made up of "living stones;" that is, that the materials were not inanimate stones but endued with life, and so much more valuable than those employed in the temple at Jerusalem, as the soul is more precious than any materials of stone. Amen." The way in which this new metaphor is suddenly introduced,—“to whom coming, be built up upon Him . The book is believed to have been written by Peter between 60 and 65 AD. 1 Peter 2:5. Browse Sermons on 1 Peter 2:5. 7, 8, 9, 10. If we fail to be “doers of the word” (James 1:22) we will be rejected, not of men, perhaps, but God, the Master Builder.’ (Oberst p. 99). Even through the Incarnation—at least so far as it has as yet taken effect—creation has not become so completely pervaded and filled with the Deity as it is destined to be when the “palace” is finished. "God is building us up into a dynasty, a spiritual house, a spiritual Family, … In that temple there were sacrifices offered, as acceptable to God as in the former - for they were spiritual sacrifices, offered continually. It helps to consider the word "house" in I Peter 2:5 meaning something a bit different from the common definition. Christian houses of worship are never called temples, because the temple was for sacrifice, which has no place in the Christian dispensation; the Christian "temple" is the congregation of spiritual worshippers. 1 Peter 5:11, NASB: "To Him be dominion forever and ever. An holy priesthood - In the temple at Jerusalem, the priesthood appointed to minister there, and to offer sacrifices, constituted an essential part of the arrangement. Read 1 Peter 2:5 commentary using Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. Peter also wants his readers to understand the *gra… ‘To offer up’-The usual term in the O.T. (1 Peter 2:5) "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." He is "THE Son," "High Priest," "King," "Lamb:" they, "sons," "priests," "kings," "lambs." The temple is, however, regarded not in its capacity of a place for worship so much as a place for Divine inhabitation. 1 Peter 2:5. Without the priesthood the Sanctuary was not complete. Greek: kai auto touto de spouden pasan pareisenegkantes epichoregesate ( 2PAAM) en te pistei humon ten areten, en de te arete ten gnosin,. The first notion of the priesthood of all believers is not that of a mediatorial system being abolished, but of the mediatorial system being extended: whereas, before, only Aaron’s sons were recognised as mediators and intercessors, now all Israel, all the spiritual Israel, all men everywhere are called to be mediators and intercessors between each other and God. … The same rendering is adopted by not a few of the best interpreters (Bengel, Wiesinger, Weiss, Hofmann, etc. 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [] perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly … The verb admits of being construed either as indicative or as imperative. 2. [Note: Robertson, 6:96. 88. Unacceptable worship still exists, including worship which is unauthorized (Leviticus 10:1-2; 1 Samuel 15:1-23; Matthew 15:1-9);worship that isn’t from the heart (1 Corinthians 13:1-4); or worship which is engaged in with a careless attitude (1 Corinthians 11:27-28). 1 Peter 2:23, When reviled, he Isaiah 53:7, He opened not his reviled not again. And as a result of this contact with this ‘Living Stone’, His people also have been made into ‘living stones’ by Him (and have thus become spiritually alive, vibrant, dependable and heavenly). 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. Partaking in it is the participation in the sacramental meal after the once-for-all sacrifice has been offered, on which we can constantly come to feast (John 6:35). First of all, is the sacrifice of ourselves and our entire existence; then follow our thoughts, words, actions, with the specific acts of thanksgiving, praise, prayer, mercy, and beneficence, for the Lord’s sake. 2:5) is not limited to … (See Isaiah 66:21.) Indeed, the benefits of heeding Peter’s words, and the consequences of neglecting them, are great: 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Growing So Peter, as his wont is, charges them to do on their side what has been made both possible and a matter of duty by what has been done on God’s side. by Jesus Christ—as our mediating High Priest before God. (See Hebrews 5:1, and 1 John 3:16.) fol. 28:19, 20). Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that … 2 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. The idea of the Eternal Son occupying such a relation to the Father on the one hand, and to humanity and creation on the other hand, is really the same as when He is called (by an entirely different metaphor) the “firstborn of all creation” (Colossians 1:15). Each Christian is one of the essential stones that enables the whole structure to fulfill its purpose (cf. You only have to work one day a week and at special occasions … Priesthood. The imperative, too, may be of the middle form = build yourselves up (Luther, Steiger, Plumptre), or better, of the passive form = be ye built up, as the E. V. gives in the margin, here following Wycliffe’s ‘be ye above bilded,’ and the ‘be ye also yourselves superedified’ of the Rheims. (See Hebrews 13:10-16.) (5) Continuing, he compares us now to priests, placed for this purpose in the spiritual temple, that we should serve him with a spiritual worship, that is, with holiness and righteousness: but as the temple, so is the priesthood built upon Christ, in who alone all our spiritual offerings are accepted. Fulfilment of the saying, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it (John 2:19). It is never found in the sacrificial application either in the Pauline writings or in the Classics, but has that sense again in 1 Peter 2:24 of the present chapter, once in James (James 2:21), and thrice in Hebrews (Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 13:15). The former is preferred by the E. V., in which it follows Tyndale, Cranmer, and the Geneva. This is said, not of a distinct class, as of ministers, but of the whole body of believers. That the Apostle Peter is the author of 1 Peter however, is certain. Study the bible online using commentary on 1 Peter 2 and more! There is, however, a ‘spiritual sacrifice’ involved in the Lord’s Supper, and that is found inour offering of ourselves afresh to Him in His service. 3:3, 4; 2Пет. * Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever – Matthew 8:14,15. Though the noun means simply ‘house,’ and not ‘temple,’ and the adjective ‘spiritual’ is added simply to distinguish it from a material structure, it is no doubt the temple that Peter has in view. (See Hebrews 10:19-25, especially 1 Peter 2:21.). 2 Peter 1:5-11. Here, then, is the third thing that enforces the exhortation; for he declares that what is required is acceptable to God, lest fear should make us slothful. If our priesthood is modelled on that of Jesus Christ, as is here implied, it consists mainly (Calvin points this out) of the sacrifice of self, of the will; then, in a minor degree, of words and acts of worship, thanks and praise. 1 Peter 2:5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν ἔσονται δεκταὶ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μοÏ, Their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar. For this development of the figure of building, cf. It was important, therefore, to show that this was not overlooked in the spiritual temple that God was raising. ((r) Neve Shalom apud Caphtor, fol. A spiritual house; the church of God, which is a spiritual temple consisting of living stones, built upon Jesus Christ, the living corner-stone. especially Ephesians 2:20 ff.— , indicative rather than imperative. Interestingly, the name that Jesus gave to Peter (Petros) means “rock.”[4] In 1 Peter 2:5-9, ... Wow, what a clear commentary of 1 Peter 2:4-10! 1 Peter 5:2 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Peter 5:2, NIV: "Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;" 1 Peter 5:2, ESV: "shepherd the flock of God that is among you, … The business is not entrusted to a particular class to be known as priests; there is not a particular portion to whom the name is to be especially given; but every Christian is in fact a priest, and is engaged in offering an acceptable sacrifice to God. term for the offering of sacrifice, and means properly to ‘bring up to the altar.’ It occurs thrice in the N. T. with the literal sense of ‘carrying up,’ or ‘leading up’ (Matthew 18:1; Mark 9:2; and, in reference to the Ascension, Luke 24:51. unto (or, with a view to) a holy priesthood. To him, and him alone, under the New Testament dispensation, should the name priest be given, as it is uniformly in the New Testament, except in the general sense in which it is given to all Christians. All believers alike, and not merely ministers, are now the dwelling of God (and are called the "naos," Greek, not the hieron) and priests unto God (Re 1:6). The second chapter of the book covers the topics of growing, being and doing. See Hebrews 7:27. acceptable. ], "I Peter never speaks of the Church as ekklesia, but uses metaphorical images of OT origin." Feed the flock of God — Both by doctrine and discipline; which is among you — Namely, the churches of Christ, which you are called to preside over; taking the oversight thereof — Greek, επισκοπουντες, discharging the episcopal office. 28:42; Лев. as being enlivened by Christ. unto (or, with a view to) a holy priesthood. Commentary for 1 Peter 2 . 1 Peter 2:5 English Standard Version (ESV). Compare Isaiah 56:7, with "accountable to God" here; Isaiah 19:21; Psalms 4:5; Psalms 50:14; Psalms 51:17; Psalms 51:19; Hosea 14:2; Philippians 4:18. Christ is the only literal Hiereus-priest in the New Testament: through Him alone we may always draw near to God. We must unite our sacrifices with His—the Advocate with the Father, the Propitiation for our sins—or our sacrifice will be as irregular and offensive as though some Canaanite should have taken upon himself to intrude into the Holy of Holies on Atonement Day. As a ‘living stone’ Jesus was subject to examination by the builders and by the Master Builder, being rejected after examination by the former and made the chief Cornerstone by the latter (1 Peter 2:7), Who alone knew what He was doing. 2 Peter 1:5-10 New King James Version (NKJV) Fruitful Growth in the Faith. As God had only one Temple, in like manner, God has only one household (Ephesians 2:19-20). 2 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Greek. WEURGU YARAM CI GAMBIA. A spiritual house built of living stones. Thus Matthew 17:1; Luke 24:51. We learn elsewhere what these spiritual sacrifices are. 33. The Spirit never applies hiereus (Greek #2409), sacerdotal priest, to Gospel ministers. A holy priesthood It is a singular honor, that God should not only consecrate us as a temple to himself, in which he dwells and is worshipped, but that he should also make us priests. It is significant that St. Peter omits all intimation of a sacerdotal order, with himself at its head, and all allusion to himself as of more importance in building God’s house than any of his brother apostles. It is significant that St. Peter omits all intimation of a sacerdotal order, with himself at its head, and all allusion to himself as of more importance in building God’s house than any of his brother apostles. In the next few verses, Peter lingers lovingly over this great principle of grace, the priesthood of all believers, the right of every soul to go direct to God with its sins, and receive for itself His forgiveness through Christ,—the principle which the early Church proclaimed (‘are not we who are laics also priests?’—Tertullian, de Exhort. Here, "house" can just as easily mean "dynasty," as in the "house of David. Are built up—Rather, are being built up, by the Holy Spirit cementing believers with one another and with Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ‘built up as a spiritual house’-This house is the Church (1 Timothy 3:15). They are the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving and true worship (Hebrews 13:15; Psalms 50:14; Psalms 51:17; Psalms 69:30-31; Psalms 107:22; Psalms 116:17; Psalms 141:2; Hosea 14:2). The things offered in the old arrangement must be acceptable to God. (11,12) Subjects exhorted to pay all proper obedience to their civil governors. The old priesthood, like the old Temple, has “had its day, and ceased to be.” Mark, though, that the Apostle is not dwelling on the individual priesthood of each (though that is involved), but on the hierarchical order of the whole company of Christians: they are an organised body or college of priests, a new seed of Aaron or Levi. The old priesthood, like the old Temple, has “had its day, and ceased to be.” Mark, though, that the Apostle is not dwelling on the individual priesthood of each (though that is involved), but on the hierarchical order of the whole company of Christians: they are an organised body or college of priests, a new seed of Aaron or Levi. prayer or discipleship partners, Catholic priests, etc.. priesthood. But in a Protestant church it is neither consistent nor right to give the name "priest" to a minister of religion. Every believer, by this reception of spiritual life, becomes like his Lord, and also enters as a stone into the spiritual house built upon Christ. also Psalms 50:23; Psalms 116:17; Hosea 14:3), of our prayers (which are likened to incense, Psalms 141:2), of beneficent deeds and charitable givings (Hebrews 13:16), of broken spirits and contrite hearts (Psalms 51:17), of obedience, the superiority of which to the sacrifices of the Law was declared so early as by Samuel to Agag (1 Samuel 15:22), and finally, if need be, of a spent life or martyr’s death, which Paul speaks of under the figure of the pouring out of the heathen libation, or the Jewish drink-offering, which accompanied the sacrifice (Philippians 2:17).

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