ACC ~ 1 Peter 1 v4a

THE INHERITANCE FOREKNOWN. ORIGEN: For God foresaw that the faith and behavior of people would be put right by the teaching of the gospel, and so he chose them in Christ before the foundation of the world, predestinating them to be his children by partaking of the Spirit of sonship. For foreknowledge means no more than seeing what is inside a person. It is now no longer foreknowledge in effect but knowledge of something real which has been foreseen. Those to whom Peter is writing were chosen according to foreknowledge, but the calling does not come to people who are hidden from view, for their innate awareness removes any doubt about their true nature. CATENA.

AN INHERITANCE UNFADING. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: In order to show how the inheritance of the blessed will continue forever, Peter calls it incorruptible and unfading, demonstrating by this that it is a pure and divine inheritance which will remain uncontaminated in the eyes of those who care nothing for their present wealth, knowing that they have something better and eternal waiting for them. COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

OF THE SECOND ADAM. HILARY OF ARLES: An incorruptible inheritance must be an infinite one, since everything finite is corruptible. The inheritance of the first Adam was corrupted by sin, but the inheritance of the second Adam can never be touched by the stain of sin. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

OF THE BLESSED. BEDE: God has revealed the doctrine of truth, enjoined the path of good work and both promised and delivered the blessing of an inheritance that is always unfading and uncorrupted. ON THE TABERNACLE AND ITS VESSELS 1.8.35.

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