1st Peter Part 6

Introduction to Part 6 Verse 4:7 begins with “the end of all things is at hand.”  Part 5 considered three reasonable possibilities for what Peter means, but concluded that, most likely, he was referring to the end of the world. The remainder of Chapter 4 consists of 2 sets of 4 instructions based on acknowledging

1st Peter Part 5

Introduction to Part 5 Peter has been dealing with believers’ attitudes and actions and how they affect interactions with one another, with the government, and the impact on our life “in Christ “as members of His church. Peter sums up his teaching on attitudes and actions by giving a list of virtues that should be

1st Peter Part 4

Introduction to Part 4 God has a strategic goal to call, regenerate, sanctify, gather to Himself, and glorify a holy nation composed of people of every tribe and tongue. Every person in that holy nation undergoes a transformation of character to become a character likeness of Christ. This step-by-step process included election, regeneration, sanctification, and

1st Peter Part 3

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” 1 Peter 2:1-3 God’s Word is Necessary for Spiritual Growth Though mortal

1st Peter: Part 2

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.”

1st Peter Part 1

Commentaries and Scripture This is Part 1 in a series of 6 on 1st Peter. Scripture quotes unless otherwise noted are from the English Standard Version (ESV) of The Holy Bible, Crossway Bibles, 2001. Commentaries Used: 1-2 Peter, R.C. Sproul, Crossway, 2011; 1 Peter, Wayne Grudem, Inter-Varsity Press, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, 1988); James and