1 Peter 1:2

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, etc.] Not to any office, as to that of bishops or presbyters; for though the apostle writes to some of them under this character, (<600501>1 Peter 5:1) yet not all; nor were they so called, as a nation, for they were persons scattered about in several countries; nor as a church, for they are not wrote to as such; nor does this character merely design their effectual calling; though as that is a fruit and evidence of election, it is sometimes so styled, and the saints called by grace are said to be chosen; (<431519>John 15:19 <460126>1 Corinthians 1:26) but it intends the eternal election of those persons both to grace and glory; which…”

“foreknowledge--foreordaining love (Pe1 1:20), inseparable from God's foreknowledge, the origin from which, and pattern according to which, election takes place. Act 2:23, and Rom 11:2, prove "foreknowledge" to be foreordination. God's foreknowledge is not the perception of any ground of action out of Himself; still in it liberty is comprehended, and all absolute constraint debarred [ANSELM in STEIGER]. For so the Son of God was "foreknown" (so the Greek for "foreordained," Pe1 1:20) to be the sacrificial Lamb, not against, or without His will, but His will rested in the will of the Father; this includes self-conscious action; nay, even cheerful acquiescense. The Hebrew and Greek "know"…”

“Elect - That is, “chosen.” The meaning here is, that they were in fact chosen. The word does not refer to the purpose to choose, but to the fact that they were chosen or selected by God as His people. It is a word commonly applied to the people of God as being chosen out of the world, and called to be His. The use of the word does not determine whether God had a previous eternal purpose to choose them or not. That must be determined by something else than the mere use of the term. This word has reference to the act of selecting them, without throwing any light on the question why it was done. See Matthew 24:22, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:20; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:33; Colossians…”

“According to the foreknowledge of God - Speaking after the manner of men. Strictly speaking, there is no foreknowledge, no more than afterknowledge, with God: but all things are known to him as present from eternity to eternity. This is therefore no other than an instance of the divine condescension to our low capacities. Elect - By the free love and almighty power of God taken out of, separated from, the world. Election, in the scripture sense, is God's doing anything that our merit or power have no part in. The true predestination, or fore - appointment of God is, He that believeth shall be saved from the guilt and power of sin. He that endureth to the end shall be saved eternally. They…”

“1:2 knew you and chose you: When God knows a person, it means that he chooses that person. He chose to enter into relationship with his people before they knew him (cp. Rom 8:29; 11:2).”

“Elect: Pe1 2:9; Deu 7:6; Isa 65:9, Isa 65:22; Mat 24:22, Mat 24:24, Mat 24:31; Mar 13:20, Mar 13:22, Mar 13:27; Luk 18:7; Joh 15:16-19; Rom 8:29, Rom 8:33, Rom 11:2, Rom 11:5-7, Rom 11:28; Eph 1:4, Eph 1:5; Col 3:12; Ti2 2:10; Tit 1:1; Jo2 1:1, Jo2 1:13 the foreknowledge: Act 2:23, Act 15:18; Rom 8:29, Rom 8:30, Rom 9:23, Rom 9:24, Rom 11:2 sanctification: Act 20:32; Rom 15:16; Co1 1:30, Co1 6:11; Th2 2:13 unto: Pe1 1:22; Rom 1:5, Rom 8:13, Rom 16:19, Rom 16:26; Co2 10:5; Heb 5:9 sprinkling: Heb 9:19-22, Heb 11:28, Heb 12:24 Grace: Rom 1:7; Co2 13:14 be: Isa 55:7 \*marg. Dan 4:1, Dan 6:25; Pe2 1:2; Jde 1:2 1 Peter 1:3”