later Fathers); the adjective recurs in 1:23; 2:4, 5. Reference to hope in the NT often occurs in the triadic expression “faith-love-hope” (1 Cor 13:13; Col 1:4–5; 1 Thess 1:3; 5:8), indicating both the association of these concepts and their overlapping meanings. All three terms appear also here in 1 Peter, though separately (vv 3, 5, 7, 8, 9); the combination faith and hope occurs in 1:21. Though faith and love are prominent emphases of 1 Peter (faith: 1:5, 7, 8, 9, 21; 2:6, 7; 5:9; cf. 4:19; 5:12;