Discovery Box1 Peter 1:18 
Context1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,
1 Peter 2:2
Context2:2 And 1 yearn 2 like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, 3 so that by it you may grow up to 4 salvation, 5
1 Peter 3:12
Context3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are 6 upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil. 7
1 Peter 5:13
Context5:13 The church 8 in Babylon, 9 chosen together with you, 10 greets you, and so does Mark, my son.
1 tn Here “And” has been supplied in the translation to show clearly the connection between vv. 1 and 2.
2 tn Grk “getting rid of…yearn for.”
3 tn The word for spiritual in Greek is λογικός (logikos), which is a play on words with the reference in 1:23-25 to the living and enduring word (λόγος, logos) of God, through which they were born anew. This is a subtle indication that the nourishment for their growth must be the word of God.
4 tn Or “in, in regard to.” But the focus of “salvation” here, as in 1:5, 9, is the future deliverance of these who have been born anew and protected by God’s power.
5 tc The Byzantine text lacks εἰς σωτηρίαν (ei" swthrian, “to salvation”), while the words are found in the earliest and best witnesses (Ì72 א A B C K P Ψ 33 81 630 1241 1505 1739 al latt sy co). Not only is the longer reading superior externally, but since the notion of growing up [in]to salvation would have seemed theologically objectionable, it is easy to see why some scribes would omit it.
6 tn The verbs are implied but not expressed in this verse: “the Lord’s eyes [ ] on the righteous and his ears [ ] to their prayer, but his face [ ] against those who do evil.”
7 sn Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 34:12-16.
8 tn Grk “the one in Babylon,” which could refer to some individual woman (“she who is in Babylon”) since the Greek article (here “the one”) is feminine. But it is much more likely to be a veiled reference to a church (the Greek word “church” is also feminine in gender).
9 sn Most scholars understand Babylon here to be a figurative reference to Rome. Although in the OT the city of Babylon in Mesopotamia was the seat of tremendous power (2 Kgs 24-25; Isa 39; Jer 25), by the time of the NT what was left was an insignificant town, and there is no tradition in Christian history that Peter ever visited there. On the other hand, Christian tradition connects Peter with the church in Rome, and many interpreters think other references to Babylon in the NT refer to Rome as well (Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2, 10, 21). Thus it is likely Peter was referring to Rome here.
10 tn Grk “chosen together,” implying the connection “with you” in context.
