THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on 1 Peter

1:1e sojourners: As ch. 2:11; Heb. 11:13.
1:2f sanctification: Hagiasmos, see Note i, Rom. 1:4.
1:2g blood: 'Jesus Christ' is connected with 'obedience,' as well as with 'sprinkling of the blood.'
1:5a time: The article is everywhere left out in the Greek here, making it all characteristic and descriptive.
1:6b Wherein: Or 'in which time.'
1:6c trials: Or temptations.
1:8d on: 'On whom' does not, I think, refer to 'ye exult.' It may refer to both 'looking' and 'believing,' which is, I think, the natural construction. If not, it is connected simply with 'looking.'
1:8e glory: Lit. 'and glorified.' The expression relates to 'joy.'
1:9f souls: Lit. 'salvation of souls,' in contrast with temporal deliverances, to which, as Jews, they were accustomed to look.
1:12g by: En, 'in the power of.'
1:14h conformed: 'Conformed' here expresses a state. The path in which they walk is the sense here. 'Conforming yourselves' is too active and intentional. As Rom. 12:2.
1:15i conversation: i.e. 'manner of life,' and so ver. 18.
1:16k written: See Lev. 19:2. 'Holy' here is hagios: see Note i, Heb. 7:26.
1:19l spot: Or 'by precious blood, as of Christ, a lamb, &c.;' or 'by the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb, &c.'
1:21m God: Or 'so that your faith and hope are in God.'
1:25n eternity: See Isa. 40:6-8.
2:2a mental: The word here translated 'mental' has the sense of 'suited to the rational faculties' -- the mind in contrast with the body -- yet I believe there is allusion to logos, from which it is derived, and I have added 'of the word' to mark this allusion.
2:6b scripture: See Isa. 28:16.
2:6c him: Or 'trusts in it,' that is, the Stone, Christ. 'On' (epi) implies reliance on; confidence in; the mind looking to another with trust: see 2Tim. 1:12.
2:7d, 2:8d disobedient: Or 'disbelieving.' See ch. 3:20 and 4:17.
2:7e corner: Or 'is become chief corner stone,' Ps. 118:22.
2:8f offence: Lit. 'fall trap,' as Rom. 9:33; 1Cor. 1:23: see Note, Matt. 13:57. Cited from Isa. 8:14.
2:9g nation: See Ex. 19:6.
2:10h mercy: I have endeavoured to express the perfect participle of the verb 'to show mercy' by 'enjoying mercy,' and the aorist participle of the same verb by 'having found mercy.' See Hos. 1:10; 2:23.
2:11i sojourners: See Note, ch. 1:1.
2:11k which: Which have this character, not simply 'which.'
2:12l conversation: i.e. 'manner of life.'
2:12m which: The expression here does not mean exactly 'whereas' or 'wherein.' It is rather 'in that respect in which.' He does not mean in that particular thing exactly, but in respect of that very walk and course of conduct.
2:15n men: 'Senseless men' has the article here, as showing that it is not 'some men who are foolish,' but that men (not Christians) are so, are known in that character. It is the character of all who are pointed out by the name of 'men.' It is somewhat wider than 'Gentiles,' ver. 12.
2:16o malice: In the Greek there are articles before 'liberty' and 'malice,' thus emphasizing the contrast: 'that thing liberty as cloak of that thing malice.'
2:17a to: 'Shew honour' is the aorist; the other verbs in this verse are the present tense. Hence, 'shew honour' is more the act when occasion arises; the others, the constant habit of mind.
2:17b brotherhood: Only here and ch. 5:9.
2:18c Servants: 'Household servants,' as Rom. 14:4, not necessarily slaves.
2:18d subject: See Note n, ch. 3:1.
2:20e bear: Hupomeno, 'endure patiently:' see 2Tim. 2:12; Jas. 5:7 (Note f).
2:20f good: Not only 'good' in the sense of 'right,' but 'beneficent.' I think his mind goes beyond the servants to doing good generally as Christians.
2:21g model: A copy, as we say, to write from.
2:22h mouth: See Isa. 53:9.
2:23i into: The Greek means to deliver up into the hands of another, not committing a wrong to another to vindicate. The sense must be 'gave himself up to, suffered all, as accepting all from his hand:' gave himself up to take whatever he sent who would in the end righteously judge. It has the sense of committing any one to the care of another. See Acts 14:26; 15:40: 'committed.' Compare John 19:30: 'delivered up.'
2:24k to: Or 'having done with;' but better as in text.
2:24l stripes: Or 'bruise.' Though the word is in the singular, it is literally the marks left by scourging. 'Stripe' does not convey this.
2:24m healed: Isa. 53:5.
3:1n, 3:5n subject: Not the aorist, a particular act, as in ch. 2:13, but the present participle, an habitual state, as in ch. 2:18.
3:1o, 3:2o conversation: Or 'manner of life.'
3:5p hoped: 'Have hoped' is present, characterizing the woman.
3:6q doing: That is, assuming they do.
3:12a evil: See Ps. 34:12-16.
3:13b good: Or 'him that is good.'
3:15c hearts: See Isa. 8:12-13.
3:15d of: Or 'a reason for,' logos, as ch. 4:5; it includes both ideas. In Matt. 12:36 it is 'account,' but in Acts 19:40 'a reason for,' as elsewhere.
3:16e which: See Note m, ch. 2:12.
3:16f conversation: See Note o, ver. 1.
3:18g unjust: 'Just' is singular, 'unjust' plural. There is no article in either case. It is not 'the just' par excellence, as Acts 3:14.
3:18h the: The article being left out, it is characteristic, in contrast with 'in flesh.' Both flesh and spirit are the manner and character of what is predicated of Christ. We could say 'present in spirit,' 'fervent in spirit,' because it is characteristic: but 'made alive in spirit' conveys to the English mind the idea of an accomplished fact. It cannot be simply characteristic. In Greek, on the other hand, although conveying a fact, it has a characteristic significance. The sense given here is right.
3:20i disobedient: Or 'disbelieving:' see John 3:36 and ch. 2:7, 8.
3:20k longsuffering: Makrothumia: see Note f, Jas. 5:7.
3:20l saved: The Greek means 'arrive safe into a place of security through difficulty or danger,' as Acts 27:44.
3:20m water: This does not mean, I think, that they went through the water to get in, i.e. through the course of the flood. The apostle's mind does not turn to the flood, but to the water as an instrument. Water was ruin and death, and they were saved through it.
3:21n demand: Or 'engagement,' or 'testimony.' The Greek word here translated 'demand' is a very difficult one, and has puzzled all critics and commentators. It means 'a question.' All the commentators speak of its use as a legal term with the sense of contract, or rather stipulations or obligations of a contract. I judge (as usual in these forms) that it refers to the question asked rather than to the asking of the question. The legal use arises from a questioning which settled the terms of the contract, hence called the questioning. I am disposed to think it is the thing demanded. It requires as before God, and has it in baptism as a figure by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It must be remembered that 'of a good conscience' in English may be the thing requested or 'he who requests.' The form of the word in the Greek would rather make it the thing requested or demanded.
4:4a corruption: Or 'dissoluteness,' the heart being poured out into it. Or 'excess of profligacy.'
4:13b share, 5:1b partaker: Koinonos: see Heb. 2:14.
4:14c God: Or 'the Spirit of glory and of God.' There is a shade of difference in this.
4:17d us: See Ezek. 9:6.
4:17e obey: Or 'believe not.' See ch. 2:7, 8 and 3:20.
4:18f saved: Saved here on the earth, as through the trials and judgments which specially beset the Jewish Christians.
5:2g shepherd: The aorist and characteristic: the whole conduct in this character being looked at together as constituting it. They are to act in this character, or have it by acting. It is not simply an exhortation to do it, but to acquire that character by doing it; to be so characterized; 'Be shepherders.'
5:3a your: Lit. 'the possessions.' What they are is wholly beside the mark. No doubt the saints were in his thoughts; but the character of the elders' conduct is what is in question. If there were no article, it would mean 'not like persons who lord it over possessions:' but here it is more definite. Do not be as persons lording it over your possessions, viewing the saints as something belonging to you. 'Possessions' is not the name of the flock, but the flock was not to be treated as the 'possessions' of the elders.
5:4b unfading: Or 'amaranthine,' the amaranth plant being an image of that which does not fade or wither. The sense is the same.
5:5c grace: See Prov. 3:34.
5:6d yourselves, 5:8d vigilant, 5:9d resist: Or 'be humbled,' aorist; also 'vigilant,' 'watch,' and 'resist' refer to characters to be won: see Note g, ver. 2.
5:9e faith: Or 'the faith.' It might be 'through faith.'
5:12f briefly: Or read 'to you' after 'faithful brother' and not after 'written.'
5:12g stand: Many read 'in which stand' (imperative).
5:13h She: It may be 'brotherhood,' as at ver. 9, as that is feminine; or his wife, as it is simply co-elect in the feminine.

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