Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Peter 1:9

"receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls." — 1 Peter 1:9 (ASV)

“For you are receiving” gives the reason for the paradoxical joy, while stressing that the anticipated salvation is even now in the process of realization. The “goal” (GK 5465) or consummation of faith is “the salvation of your souls.” No soul-and-body dichotomy of Greek thought is implied. The “soul” (GK 6034) is used in the Semitic biblical sense of “self” or “person.” Therefore the thought of this section closes with the believers’ total enjoyment in this present age of their future salvation.