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1 Peter
The First Epistle of Peter was written by the fisherman whom Jesus called to be a fisher of men, the disciple who walked on the water and sank, who confessed “Thou art the Christ” and then denied Him three times, and whom the risen Lord restored by the Sea of Galilee with the words, “Feed my sheep.” Now an old man, writing from “Babylon” (almost certainly Rome) with the help of Silvanus and with Mark at his side, he sends this letter “to the strangers scattered” through Asia Minor — believers facing slander and persecution for the name of Christ.
This series reads 1 Peter chapter by chapter, following this site’s study of James. It is a letter of hope under suffering: a “lively hope” through the resurrection, an inheritance “reserved in heaven,” a faith tried in the fire like gold, and the call to follow Christ, who suffered for us, “leaving us an example.” And it holds one of the great statements of who God’s people are: “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.”
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A Lively Hope
to the strangers scattered — begotten again unto a lively hope, an inheritance reserved in heaven, faith tried with fire like gold, the prophets and angels searching, be ye holy, redeemed with the precious blood of christ, and the word of the lord that endureth for ever
1 Peter 1A Royal Priesthood
desire the sincere milk of the word — christ the living stone and chief corner stone, believers as lively stones in a spiritual house, a chosen generation and royal priesthood in the order of melchisedec, strangers and pilgrims, and christ who suffered for us leaving us an example
1 Peter 2A Reason Of The Hope That Is In You
wives who win their husbands without the word, husbands and wives as heirs together of the grace of life, not rendering evil for evil, ready always to give a reason of the hope, and christ who preached by the spirit through noah while the ark was a preparing
1 Peter 3The Fiery Trial
arm yourselves with the mind of christ who suffered in the flesh, the end of all things is at hand, fervent charity and hospitality without grudging, good stewards of the manifold grace of god, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial, and judgment must begin at the house of god
1 Peter 4Feed The Flock Of God
elders as undershepherds who feed the flock willingly and not as lords over god's heritage, the chief shepherd and the crown of glory, clothed with humility and casting all your care upon him, the adversary as a roaring lion, and the god of all grace who will stablish, strengthen, settle you
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