clauses. Let the sentiments be compared with one another, in their proper order.
Father ;
Our ;
In heaven ;
Hallowed he thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. Daily bread. Forgiveness of sins. Temptation. Deliverance.
Ch. i. 3, 14, 17, 23, ii. 2. i. 4, at the end.
The same.
i. 15, 16, iii. 15.
ii. 9.
ii. 15, iii. 17, iv. 2, 19.
y. 7.
iv. 8, 1.
iv. 12.
iv. 18.
And Peter expressly makes many references to prayer itself, ch. iii. 7, iv. 7. — xara s Xsog, according to His mercy) We had been in a wretched state : Eph. ii. 1, 2. — d vovyenjjtug, who has regenerated us) ver. 23, ii. 2. [ From this place to ii. 10, St Peter recounts the
things which G OD has done for our benefit ; and from that provision for our salvation he derives most efficacious admonitions to hope , i. 3—13; to sanctification and fear in believing , 14-21 ; to love , 22— ii. 10 ; introducing now and then most sweetly doctrine concerning Christ. — V. g.] — s<s, to) A remarkable Anaphora [repetition in beginnings. Append.] : to hope , to an inheritance , to salvation. — sis sX^rida Zfiaav, to a living hope) This hope is a heavenly inheritance, ver. 4 : and it is termed living, because it springs forth and flourishes from the resurrection of Christ. Peter frequently uses the epithet living , ver. 28, ii. 4, 5 ; and he makes mention of hope , ver. 13, 21, iii. 5, 1 5. Comp, the epithets in the following verse. To hope, more- over, he joins faith and love, ver. 8, 21, 22. — hi dvaardcsug, by the resurrection) This depends upon the "word living. Comp, ver. 21.
4. KXripovouiciv, an inheritance) They who are sons by regeneration, are heirs. He treats of this inheritance also, ch. iii. 7, 9. — u<pdap7ov, incorruptible) For it is a divine inheritance. — d>ua\7^, undefiled1) For no impure person, however closely related , is a joint-heir. — d,uapav7ov , free from decay) For the heirs themselves are not subject
1 No defiled person, though of the number of those who are akin to the Lord as to external privileges (as the Jews were), is a co-heir. The “ Proximi ” are here opposed to the “ filii , regeniti,” who are ipso facto “ pure and un- dofiled.” — T.