Exposition of I Peter 2:1-10

These first ten verses of chapter 2 of first Peter are a continuation of the apostle's instruction in the former chapter. There the apostle had instructed the churches of their new status in Christ by virtue of God's elective grace as this was realized through the power of the resurrection in their hearts, so that they are reborn unto a living hope. Old things have passed away and all things have become new. And in hope we look for the renewal of all things in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ....