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1 | is this gentiles? | 1 Pet 2:9 | catarm63 | 224995 | ||
Does this mean Gentiles who are now His chosen people,who ince upon a time were not? | ||||||
2 | is this gentiles? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Searcher56 | 225003 | ||
God's day to you, catarm63, and welcome to the SBF, Verse 10 is from Hosea 2:23. Plus, looking at the context of these verses, it could apply to Gentiles and Jews. Ephesians 2:11-22 is one of the best passages that show Christ broke down the wall for us Gentiles. Searcher |
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3 | is this gentiles? | 1 Pet 2:9 | Inquisitor | 225004 | ||
To understand this passage in Chapter 2, we need to go back to the beginning of this Epistle. 1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen. Some scholars agree that Peter is primarily addressing his letter to Jewish christians who had been "dispersed" from Jerusalem because of the tremendous persecution. But also he's applying these words to ALL christians. This is made clear in Coffman's Commentary as quoted here. 1 Peter 1 Verses 1, 2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. As Barclay said, "One of the outstanding things about this passage is that it takes words and conceptions which had originally applied only to Jews and applies them to Christians." F1 These are elect, Chosen, Dispersion, and sojourners. "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ ..." End of Quote. So we as christians can see ourselves with many adjectives. I like "peculiar people" from KJV but also sojourners. We really are physical human beings here on earth but God knows our spiritual sides imtimately as He created us. And He wants us back Home with Him so our stay here on earth is temporary as shown in... James 4:14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Just my two cents' worth, possibly less. God bless, Inquisitor |
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