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Chapter 1 The Transformed Life in the Context of Suffering, Grace, Hope, and Love (1:1–2:10) Author, Audience, and Abundant Grace (1:1–2) Overview
ОглавлениеThe beginning of the epistle sets both the author and the readers within the framework of one of the issues which would stimulate future theological controversy and excitement, viz., the foreknowledge of God. These verses are a striking example of the advanced level of the Greek grammar and style of the epistle. They are comprised of one sentence (two, if you count the grace‐and‐peace blessing as one), followed by three dependent clauses describing the nature of Peter’s apostleship and the character of the recipients’ relation to the triune God:
according to the foreknowledge of God.
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit.
for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling of his blood.
