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1Pe 1:4. Κληρονομίαν, an inheritance) They who are sons by regeneration, are heirs. He treats of this inheritance also, ch. 1Pe 3:7; 1Pe 3:9.-ἄφθαρτον, incorruptible) For it is a divine inheritance.-ἀμίαντον, undefiled[3]) For no impure person, however closely related, is a joint-heir.-ἀμάραντον, free from decay) For the heirs themselves are not subject to decay, they do not die. Peter delights to accumulate synonymous words; 1Pe 1:7-8; 1Pe 1:19; 1Pe 5:10.-τετηρημένην, kept) from the beginning. Comp. 1Pe 1:10. The same word occurs, Joh 17:12. Comp. also Joh 2:10.-ἐν οὐρανοῖς, in heaven) In the power of God.-εἰς ὑμᾶς, unto or for you) who are alive at this time.
[3] No defiled person, though of the number of those who are akin to the Lord as to external privileges (as the Jews were), is a co-heir. The “Proximi” are here opposed to the “filii, regeniti,” who are ipso facto “pure and undefiled.”-T.