1 Peter 1:22

Contextual Overview

¹³Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹³ Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. ¹³ Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³Get your minds wrapped around being a servant because that's what you've been called to be. Be self-controlled and ride with hope in the grace that is yours when Jesus comes riding back to get us. ¹³ So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; ¹³ Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, [be] sober [and] hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace [which will be] brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ; ¹³ Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ -- ¹³ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be watchful and hope perfectly for the grace that is brought you by the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³ Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ. ¹³ Wherefore gird vp the loynes of your minde, bee sober, and hope to the end, for the grace that is to bee brought vnto you at the reuelation of Iesus Christ:

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ye have: John 15:3, John 17:17, John 17:19, Acts 15:9, Romans 6:16, Romans 6:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, James 4:8

in: 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 4:17, Acts 6:7, Romans 1:5, Romans 2:8, Galatians 3:1, Galatians 5:7, Hebrews 5:9, Hebrews 11:8

through: Romans 8:13, Galatians 5:5, 2 Timothy 1:14, Hebrews 9:14

unto: 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Peter 4:8, John 13:34, John 13:35, John 15:17, Romans 12:9, Romans 12:10, 2 Corinthians 6:6, Ephesians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Timothy 1:5, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:1, James 2:15, James 2:16, 2 Peter 1:7, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:14-19, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:2

see: Philippians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Revelation 2:4

a pure: 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:12, 1 Timothy 5:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - brethren Numbers 11:17 - I will take Psalms 51:10 - clean Proverbs 16:6 - mercy Proverbs 21:8 - but Ezekiel 18:31 - make Ezekiel 36:27 - I will Daniel 12:10 - shall be Zephaniah 2:3 - seek righteousness Matthew 5:8 - are Matthew 25:40 - Inasmuch Luke 17:5 - Increase John 3:7 - Ye John 3:21 - that his John 4:14 - shall be John 15:12 - General John 18:37 - Every Acts 9:17 - Brother Romans 10:16 - obeyed Romans 12:11 - fervent Romans 16:1 - our Romans 16:14 - and 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are sanctified 2 Corinthians 7:1 - let 2 Corinthians 8:7 - see 2 Corinthians 8:8 - prove 2 Corinthians 10:5 - the obedience Galatians 3:14 - might Galatians 5:16 - Walk Galatians 5:22 - love Ephesians 1:15 - love Ephesians 4:15 - speaking the truth Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Ephesians 5:15 - See Ephesians 5:26 - by Philippians 2:1 - if any fellowship Philippians 4:8 - are true Colossians 1:8 - General Colossians 3:23 - whatsoever 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - See 2 Timothy 1:5 - unfeigned 2 Timothy 1:7 - of love 2 Timothy 2:21 - purge Titus 2:14 - purify Philemon 1:16 - a brother Hebrews 9:13 - the purifying Hebrews 12:25 - See James 3:17 - hypocrisy 1 Peter 1:2 - unto 2 Peter 3:1 - pure 1 John 3:18 - let 2 John 1:1 - whom 2 John 1:5 - that we Revelation 3:15 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:13
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:13
And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day.

Genesis 1:13
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the third day.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:13
And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the thridde dai.

Genesis 1:13
And the euening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:13
And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seeing ye have purified your souls,.... The apostle passes to another exhortation, namely, to brotherly love; the ground of which he makes to be, the purification of their souls; and which supposes that they had been impure; and indeed, their whole persons, souls and bodies, were so by nature; even all the members of their bodies, and all the powers and faculties of their souls: it is internal purity, purity of the heart, that is here particularly respected; though not to the exclusion of outward purity, for where there is the former, there will be the latter; but there may be an external purity, where there is not the inward one: this the apostle ascribes to the saints themselves, but not without the grace of God, the blood of Christ, and the operations of his Spirit; as appears by a following clause; but they are said to purify themselves, inasmuch as having the grace of faith bestowed on them, they were enabled, under the influences of the Spirit of God, to exercise it on the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin:

in obeying the truth; of the Gospel, by receiving, believing, and embracing it in the love of it; which teaches outward purity, and is a means in the hand of the spirit of inward purity, and of directing to the purifying blood of Jesus, who sanctifies and cleanses by the word:

through the Spirit; this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, but is in the Arabic version, and ought to be retained; for, as Christ died to purify to himself a peculiar people, the Spirit of Christ does from him purify the heart by faith in his blood; by sprinkling that on the conscience, and by leading the faith of God's people to the fountain of it, to wash it for sin, and for uncleanness; even both their consciences and their conversation, garments; whereby they obtain inward and outward purity:

unto unfeigned love of the brethren; which is the end of sanctification, and an evidence of it; when the saints are loved as brethren, and because such; and with a love without dissimulation, not in word and in tongue only, but in deed and in truth: this being the case, the exhortation follows:

[see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently: this is Christ's new commandment, and the evidence of regeneration; a distinguishing badge of Christianity, and without which all profession of religion is a vain and empty thing: this should he mutual and cordial; should proceed from the heart, and from an heart sprinkled from an evil conscience; and should be with warmth and fervency, and not with coldness and indifference; though the word here used, εκτενως, may not only design the intenseness of it, but the extensiveness of it also; as that it should reach to all the saints, the poor as well as the rich, and the lesser as well as the greater and more knowing believers; and likewise may denote the continuance of it; it ought to be continually exercised, and to last always; and so the Arabic version renders it, "with a perpetual love".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seeing ye have purified your souls - Greek, “Having purified your souls.” The apostles were never afraid of referring to human agency as having an important part in saving the soul Compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. No one is made pure without personal intention or effort - any more than one becomes accomplished or learned without personal exertion. One of the leading effects of the agency of the Holy Spirit is to excite us to make efforts for our own salvation; and there is no true piety which is not the fair result of culture, as really as the learning of a Person, or the harvest of the farmer. The amount of effort which we make “in purifying our souls” is usually also the measure of our attainments in religion. No one can expect to have any true piety beyond the amount of effort which he makes to be conformed to God, any more than one can expect wealth, or fame, or learning, without exertion.

In obeying the truth - That is, your yielding to the requirements of truth, and to its fair influence on your minds, has been the means of your becoming pure. The truth here referred to is, undoubtedly, that which is revealed in the gospel - the great system of truth respecting the redemption of the world.

Through the Spirit - By the agency of the Holy Spirit. It is his office to apply truth to the mind; and however precious the truth may be, and however adapted to secure certain results on the soul, it will never produce those effects without the influences of the Holy Spirit. Compare Titus 3:5-6; the notes at John 3:5.

Unto unfeigned love of the brethren - The effect of the influence of the Holy Spirit in applying the truth has been to produce sincere love to all who are true Christians. Compare the John 13:34 note; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 note. See also 1 John 3:14-18.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently - Compare the Hebrews 13:1 note; John 13:34-35 notes; Ephesians 5:2 note. The phrase “with a pure heart fervently,” means:

(1)That it should be genuine love proceeding from a heart in which there is no guile or hypocrisy; and,

(2)That it should be intense affection, (ἐκτενῶς ektenōs;) not cold and formal, but ardent and strong.

If there is any reason why we should love true Christians at all, there is the same reason why our attachment to them should be intense. This verse establishes the following points:

(1) That truth was at the foundation of their piety. They had none of which this was not the proper basis; and in which the foundation was not as broad as the superstructure. There is no religion in the world which is not the fair developement of truth; which the truth is not suited to produce.

(2) They became Christians as the result of obeying the truth; or by yielding to its fair influence on the soul. Their own minds complied with its claims; their own hearts yielded; there was the exercise of their own volitions. This expresses a doctrine of great importance:

1. There is always the exercise of the powers of the mind in true religion; always a yielding to truth; always a voluntary reception of it into the soul.
1. Religion is always of the nature of obedience. It consists in yielding to what is true and right; in laying aside the feelings of opposition, and in allowing the mind to follow where truth and duty lead.
2. This would always take place when the truth is presented to the mind, if there were no voluntary resistance. If all people were ready to yield to the truth, they would become Christians. The only reason why all people do not love and serve God is that they refuse to yield to what they know to be true and right.

(3) The agency by which this was accomplished was that of the Holy Spirit. Truth is adapted in itself to a certain end or result, as seed is adapted to produce a harvest. But it will no more of itself produce its appropriate effects on the soul, than seed will produce a harvest without rains, and dews, and suns. In all cases, therefore, the proper effect of truth on the soul is to be traced to the influence of the Holy Spirit, as the germination of the seed in the earth is to the foreign cause that acts on it. No man was ever converted by the mere effect of truth without the agency of the Holy Spirit, any more than seed germinates when laid upon a hard rock.

(4) The effect of this influence of the Holy Spirit in applying the truth is to produce love to all who are Christians. Love to Christian brethren springs up in the soul of everyone who is truly converted: and this love is just as certain evidence that the seed of truth has germinated in the soul, as the green and delicate blade that peeps up through the earth is evidence that the seed sown has been quickened into life. Compare the 1 Thessalonians 4:9 note; 1 John 3:14 note. We may learn hence:

(a)That truth is of inestimable value. It is as valuable as religion itself, for all the religion in the world is the result of it.

1. Error and falsehood are mischievous and evil in the same degree. There is no true religion which is the fair result of error; and all the pretended religion that is sustained by error is worthless.
1. If a system of religion, or a religious measure or doctrine, cannot be defended by truth, it should be at once abandoned. Compare the notes at Job 13:7.
2. We should avoid the places where error is taught. Proverbs 19:27, “cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.”
3. We should place ourselves under the teachings of truth, for there is truth enough in the world to occupy all our time and attention; and it is only by truth that our minds can be benefitted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls — Having purified your souls, in obeying the truth-by believing in Christ Jesus, through the influence and teaching of the Spirit; and giving full proof of it by unfeigned love to the brethren; ye love one another, or ye will love each other, with a pure heart fervently. These persons, First, heard the truth, that is, the Gospel; thus called in a great variety of places in the New Testament, because it contains THE truth without mixture of error, and is the truth and substance of all the preceding dispensations by which it was typified. Secondly, they obeyed that truth, by believing on Him who came into the world to save sinners. Thirdly, through this believing on the Son of God, their hearts were purified by the word of truth applied to them by the Holy Spirit. Fourthly, the love of God being shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, they loved the brethren with pure hearts fervently, εκτενως, intensely or continually; the full proof that their brotherly love was unfeigned, φιλαδελφιαν ανυποκριτον, a fraternal affection without hypocrisy.