Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Seeing ye have purified (hgnikotev). Perfect active participle of agnizw, old verb from agnov (pure), here with yuxav (souls), with kardiav (hearts) in James 4:8 as in 1 John 3:3 of moral cleansing also. See the ceremonial sense of the word as in LXX in John 11:55; Acts 21:24, Acts 21:26; Acts 24:18.
In your obedience (en th upakoh). With repetition of the idea in 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 1:14 (children of obedience).
To the truth (thv aleqeiav). Objective genitive with which compare John 17:17, John 17:19 about sanctification in the truth and 2 Thessalonians 2:12 about believing the truth. There is cleansing power in the truth of God in Christ.
Unfeigned (anupokriton). Late and rare double compound, here alone in Peter, but see James 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:6, etc. No other kind of filadelfia (brotherly love) is worth having (1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 13:1; 2 Peter 1:7).
From the heart fervently (ek kardiav ektenwv). Late adverb (in inscriptions, Polybius, LXX). The adjective ektenhv is more common (1 Peter 4:8).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 12:5
Acts 21:24
James 4:8
1 Peter 1:2
1 Peter 2:1
2 Peter 1:7
1 John 3:3
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