Summary
KEY VERSES // Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. | 1 Peter 1.22-23
Peter here isn’t concerned with convincing us that we SHOULD be obedient. In the previous verses he has given us plenty of reasons why and motivations for obedience, but at this point he is directing his letter to those who are acting in submission to God. This is because Peter knows that there is a limit to our mental transformation. He knows we can talk about the reasons for and arguments for why not, but at a certain point, we will either be obedient or not. What Peter wants to talk about is what is produced when we choose to act. How does obedience, once chosen, affect us.
Bible References
- 1 Peter 1:22 - 2:3
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