ACC ~ 1 Peter 1 v2a

FOREKNOWLEDGE HAS BECOME KNOWLEDGE. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: What Peter says agrees with the statements of Paul, such as: “He has chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, to be holy and spotless before him in love, predestinating us to be adopted as sons.”… Foreknowledge is not to be regarded as anything other than the contemplation of the future. It becomes knowledge as the things which are foreseen come to pass. Therefore, although the people to whom Peter was writing had once been chosen according to God’s foreknowledge, by the time he was writing to them their election had already taken place. COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

BEFORE BIRTH I KNEW YOU. OECUMENIUS: Peter is showing here that although he is later in time, he is in no way inferior to the prophets of old. For he is the equal of Jeremiah, to whom God said: “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” He goes on to say that he has been sent by the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, whose mission was to separate, by spiritual gifts, those who were obedient to the gospel of Christ’s suffering and who were sprinkled by his blood, from all other peoples. COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

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