1Peter 1:1.Peter, an apostle of Emmanuel Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus.(Acts 18:1,2), Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

Who were these strangers?.Hebrews 11:3.

1Peter 1:2.Elect according to the foreknowledge.(2Timothy 1:9).of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Emmanuel the Christ; Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

The atonement for everyone was made by Christ in the physical form of one called Emmanuel and Emmanuel's blood, one might say, has been sprinkled on him or her, cleansing them, thus opening the way for the flow of God to be in one's heart.

1Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of Emmanuel the Christ, which according to his abundant.mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Emmanuel the Christ from the dead.

1Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible.(1Corinthians 2:9).and undefiled and that fades not away.(Daniel 12:3; 1Peter 5:4; Revelation 21:4), reserved in heaven.("reserved in heaven", but coming here).for you,

How it is reserved? what's reserved?.Hebrews 11:16. So, you are in this too.

1Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Original is 'who keep (original for word 'kept' or 'keep' is 'guarded', 'watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something') in the Creator's power.(the ability of God in our lives {*}).by faith.(God is what quantum physics calls 'the nothingness behind it all':.Hebrews 11:3; it's by faith we see {2Corinthians 5:7; Romans 5:2} and by faith we are kept saved).in salvation prepared for revealing in last time'.

1Peter 1:6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations.(original 'tryings' {trials}, 'tribulations').

1Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Emmanuel the Christ.

1Peter 1:7 That the trial.(Philippians 2:12,13; Ephesians 2:10; the trials and sufferings in life we all have).of your faith.(one's beliefs are tried by design {Ephesians 1:9; 2Thessalonians 1:11} toward learning, in order to produce the best you there can be and for that we need the contrasts of life), being much more precious.(because it puts you onto the pathway heading toward a great reward:.1Corinthians 2:9; Proverbs 16:16) than of gold that perishes.(all physical things are for the Earth and the physical beings on the Earth; in the spiritual world beyond Earth's frequencies, physical things aren't needed), though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory.(praise, honor and glory both to you and to God; how and what to do?).at the appearing.(original is 'revealing', 'manifesting').of Emmanuel the Christ.(Christ means in the original 'the anointed one':.Acts 10:38).

Why are we here?

Many Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. suffered physically awful trials in life, yet remained dedicated to their beliefs in God. Whatever God to them was known to be, they had belief in. For us today, it's a time we can use for spiritual growth, because others believing in God, such as the good militaries of the world, are eliminating evils that have subjected us for centuries, so that we can be free to grow in all spiritual qualities during our physical lives:.1Corinthians 9:26,27. Be sure to thank God for this and pray for those in such militaries.

Eclectic Notes:.The fire would not prove that the gold was not gold. It would only show that indeed, it is gold. And if it were not gold in the estimation of the prover, what good would is there in wasting time to prove that it wasn't gold?

Comprised with Barnes Notes: It's about the putting of your character to the test and showing what is its real nature:.James 1:3,12.

"...being much more precious than of gold...".does not mean that faith is much more precious than gold, but that the testing of it, the process of showing whether it was or was not genuine, was a much more important and valuable process than that of testing gold in the fire. More important results were to be arrived at by it and it was more desirable that it should be done.

"...that perishes...".It's not that gold perishes by the process of being tried in the fire, for this is not the fact and the connection does not demand this interpretation. The idea is, that gold, however valuable it is, is not an enduring, imperishable, indestructible thing. It may not perish in the fire, but it may in some way.

"though it be tried with fire...".This refers to the gold, the meaning being, that gold, though it will bear the action of fire, is yet a destructible thing and it's a comparison to show what should have a greater desirability, that which is eternal and indestructible (Matthew 10:28) and it is therefore of more importance to show one's true quality of character and to free it from every improper mixture.

Come to overstand.what 'Christ' is.and where it is that Christ is. 

The appearing of Emmanuel.(Malachi 3:1-3).in your life means your connection to what the universe is, which is love.(not fluffy fluffy stuff, please read it):.1John 4:6-8,16; Matthew 16:27; 25:31; Acts 1:11; 1Thessalonians 4:16; 2Thessalonians 2:8; 1Timothy 6:14; 2Timothy 4:1,8.

1Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen you love, in whom though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

1Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen you love, in whom though now you see him not, yet believing you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

The joy that is sensed but so difficult to put into words:.Hebrews 12:2; John 17:11. The joy the early Christians shared with each other:.Acts 2:44; 4:32-37. The joy based on their knowing that death is another opportunity for life on Earth again:.Hebrews 11:36-39.

"In the invisible spirit there is no difference between the Creator's joy and your joy. There is no difference in quality between a raindrop of water on a leaf and a bucket of the same rain. In spirit.(what is spirit?.John 6:63; 4:24).there is no volume. It is immeasurable."....Grigori Grabovoi.

1Peter 1:9 Receiving.(present tense, not future).the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1Peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently.(the people in the time of Emmanuel knew this and Acts 17:11 was the result of this:.Romans 15:4), who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you.

Original,."concerning which salvation.(refers to verses earlier in this chapter).sought out and searched out.(by).prophets who of the towards you grace prophesied"

Or to say it another way, 'concerning the salvation by grace that was to be available for you that was searched out diligently by the ancient prophets'. Those prophets (a prophet is an interpreter of oracles and other heretofore hidden things from God:.Ephesians 3:10,18,19. A prophet declares to men what he has received by inspiration. Back then, prophets overstood this wonderful grace.

1Peter 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them.(verse 10).did signify, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow.

Not just glory for Him, but us:.Romans 4:24,25. God works through man.

'Testifying beforehand':.Isaiah 53:2-12.

1Peter 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into.

1Peter 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves.(referring to those of old times, verse 10), but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down.(no word 'down' in the original).from heaven, which things the angels desire.(original for word 'desire' is 'passion' and in the Greek it's in the active voice meaning in the present tense, an ongoing interest as it all unfolds, that is, the angels are most interested in comprehending the purpose of humanity as they see it unfold upon Earth, why? perhaps they too will be next for the physical Earth experiences, why? or they are just so interested in how the plan of God is working out for humanity; I guess different angels have different degrees of interest).to look into.

Why do they want to look into this?.Ephesians 3:10; 1Corinthians 2:9.

1Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Emmanuel the Christ;

1Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.

1Peter 1:15 But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation.('conversation' is an old English word for 'conduct');

1Peter 1:16 Because it is written.(written where?.Leviticus 11:44), You are holy because I am holy..(?)

1Peter 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of individuals, judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

1Peter 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of faces.(word "persons".is often used in 'official' translations for original word."faces").judges.(the Creator doesn't judge, it's set up so that we actually judge ourselves, how?).according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

1Peter 1:18 For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation.('conversation' is an old English word for 'conduct').received by tradition from your fathers,

1Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

1Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained.(us too).before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you..(*)

1Peter 1:21 Who by him do believe in God.(He.came to reveal the Father to us), that raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

Hope in God and not in physical rituals on the Earth:.Hebrews 6:1,2.

1Peter 1:22 Seeing your souls are purified in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever. 

1Peter 1:22.closer to the original:.Seeing your souls are purified in harkening to the truth.(word 'obeying' changed to 'harkening' as is in original, because 'obeying' indicates one has already harkened, whereas 'harkening' is more to the process of listening, of learning; one cleans himself up by deciding to allow those things {1, 2} that provide a better life for you and others, the things with no kickback, the thngs that work good; these are the things of truth; what truth?.1John 5:1 and 1John 2:29 and, just below).through the Spirit.(how do we apply this."harkening to the truth through the Spirit"?).unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently.

Original means 'to always be willing to stretch out the hand to help'; love is the key, not any physical rituals to build up a sheet of righteous things one may do, like getting points for good behavior (did I repent? did I get baptized? do I go to church regularly, etc., etc.); any righteousness you've built up for yourself, never counts anyway:.Isaiah 64:6; do good works not to get something but to give:.Isaiah 66:2; Matthew 22:36-40.

1Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

1Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed.(now born spiritually and thus incorruptible, perfect and pure; Christ was born of the Father and the emphasis in His life was His incorruptibility. His birth was of the Father, not a physical father subject to corruption and death:.Hebrews 2:14; 1Corinthians 15:53; 'corruptible seed' means the physical, as this is your time to be in the physical, why?; the flesh is the vehicle for one's soul, which when connected to God by means of the Holy Spirit encapsulates your soul, so now it can be called your Spirit; the fuel for one's growth spiritually is words of the Creator:.1John 1:1-3; with these things and some spiritual disciplines, one can attain a higher consciousness preeminence over his or her low ordinary consciousness ego {Hebrews 4:12} the ego relied on throughout life so fare, the ego precluding.living forever), but of incorruptible.(the spirit which never decays but is able to change into another form when the purpose for its present form is over), by the word of God.(what is this word of the Creator which causes us to be reborn and live continually? This 'word' is that which enlightens:.Psalms 119:30), which lives and abides for ever..(*)

1Peter 1:24,25 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower thereof falls away. But the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
 

....continues to Chapter 2