The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
13 That is at Babylon Many of the ancients thought that Rome is here enigmatically denoted. This comment the Papists gladly lay hold on, that Peter may appear to have presided over the Church of Rome: nor does the infamy of the name deter them, provided they can pretend to the title of an apostolic seat; nor do they care for Christ, provided Peter be left to them.
Peter does not pray they escape suffering, but that their trials be brief and that God restore, strengthen, and establish them after. Only the God of all grace can perfect and settle believers so firmly in Him that nothing can shake them loose.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Peter 5:10-14
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "with an holy kiss"; and so some copies, as in Rom 16:16 and elsewhere; See Gill on Rom 16:16; and intends such a kiss, as is not only opposite to everything that is lascivious and impure, but is expressive of true love and affection, and is hearty and...