Discovery Box1 Peter 1:5 
Context1:5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 2:4
ContextA Living Stone, a Chosen People
2:4 So as you come to him, 1 a living stone rejected by men but 2 chosen and priceless 3 in God’s sight,
1 Peter 2:10
Context2:10 You 4 once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, 5 but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 3:4
Context3:4 but the inner person 6 of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
1 tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.
2 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.
3 tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”
4 tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
5 sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.
6 tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.
