John Bengel Commentary - 1 Peter 1:8 - 1:8

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John Bengel Commentary - 1 Peter 1:8 - 1:8


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1Pe 1:8. Οὐκ εἰδότες ἀγαπᾶτε) Ye love, although ye know Him not in person. A paradox: for in other cases it is knowledge which produces love. This is said respecting love: Peter afterwards asserts the same respecting faith. Whom and in whom: the absence of the copula resembles Anaphora.[8]-ΕἸς ὋΝ, in whom) The word in properly belongs to believing, as does also now.-μὴ ὁρῶντες, not seeing) The present: that is, although you see Him not as yet in glory. The apostles, who had seen Him themselves, thought that their faith was not so great as that of others.-ἀνεκλαλήτῳ, unspeakable) even now: 1Co 2:9.-καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ, and glorified) This joy is glorified in itself, and glorified by witnesses. Comp. 1Pe 1:10. In other respects it is unspeakable.

[8] See Append.