Reference: Peter, First Epistle of
Easton
This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (the Diaspora).
Its object is to confirm its readers in the doctrines they had been already taught. Peter has been called "the apostle of hope," because this epistle abounds with words of comfort and encouragement fitted to sustain a "lively hope." It contains about thirty-five references to the Old Testament.
It was written from Babylon, on the Euphrates, which was at this time one of the chief seats of Jewish learning, and a fitting centre for labour among the Jews. It has been noticed that in the beginning of his epistle Peter names the provinces of Asia Minor in the order in which they would naturally occur to one writing from Babylon. He counsels (1) to steadfastness and perseverance under persecution (1-2:10); (2) to the practical duties of a holy life (2:11-3:13); (3) he adduces the example of Christ and other motives to patience and holiness (3:14-4:19); and (4) concludes with counsels to pastors and people (ch. 5).
Hastings
No Epistle of the NT has caught more of the spirit of Jesus than 1Peter . Imbued with a strong love for the risen Christ, and a profound conviction of the truth of the gospel as established in the world by the life, death, and resurrection of the Messiah, the author delineates a rich Christian life on the basis of these evangelical facts.
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Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.
Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment?
And Jesus seeing their faith says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven thee. And certain ones of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, read more. Why does He speak blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except the one God? And Jesus immediately knowing in His spirit that they are thus reasoning among themselves, said to them, Why do you thus reason in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk about? But in order that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins
And He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough; and built a tower, and he gave it out to husbandmen, and went away. And he sent a servant to the husbandmen in the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard: read more. and they taking him, beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent to them another servant; and stoning him they wounded him in the head, and sent him away dishonored. And again he sent another; and they slew him, and many others beating some, killing others. Then having still one son, his own beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying; That they will reverence my son. And those husbandmen said to one another; This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And taking him they slew him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What then shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read the Scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, the same has come to be the head of the corner: this was with the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? And they were seeking to arrest Him; and they feared the multitude; for they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him they went away.
Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men;
Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear.
and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled. Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord, read more. and he may send forth Jesus, who has been preached unto you as the Christ, whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you have slain, hanging him on the wood; Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.
and He commanded us to preach to the people, and to witness that He is the One ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead. And to Him give all the prophets witness, that every one believing on him receives the remission of sins through His name.
as he says in Hosea, I will call them my people, who are not my people; and her beloved, who is not beloved:
Why? Because they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
Why? Because they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over the stone of stumbling, as has been written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service: and he not fashioned after this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. read more. For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.
But having gifts differing according to the grace given unto us, whether prophecy, it is according to the analogy of faith;
Let love be free from hypocrisy. Abhorring the evil, cleaving to the good:
Have the same mind toward one another, not thinking high things, but condescending to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God; and the existing authorities have been ordained of God.
for he is the minister of God for you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, executing judgment unto wrath unto the one doing evil.
Give to all their dues: custom to whom custom is due; tribute to whom tribute is due; fear to whom fear is due; honor to whom honor is due. Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law.
and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
And when Cephas came into Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to blame.
We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified. read more. But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we may also be found sinners, then is Christ the minister of sin? it could not be so.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ: as he elected us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in his presence. read more. in love having predestinated us unto the adoption of sons unto himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved: in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of transgressions, according to the riches of his grace, which he has abounded unto us in all wisdom and understanding, having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his own good pleasure, which he purposed in himself in the economy of the fulness of the times, to rehead all things in Christ, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth; in him, in whom we were also chosen by lot, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things within us according to the counsel of his own will; that we should be unto the praise of his glory, who first exercised hope in Christ: in whom you also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom, also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the earnest of our salvation, unto the redemption of the possession, unto the praise of his glory.
which he has wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead, and seating him on his right hand in the heavenlies, above all government, and authority, and power, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but in the age to come: read more. and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church,
because through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. Then therefore you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God, read more. having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom also you are built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Therefore he says, Having ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to the people. But what is that which ascended, except that which descended into the lower parts of the earth? read more. But the one having descended and the one having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things, is the same. And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ: until we may all come into the unity of the faith, and of the perfect knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the likeness of the fulness of Christ: in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion; but speaking the truth in divine love, let its grow up in him in all things, who is the head, Christ; from whom the whole body, being assimilated and knitted together through every joint of the supply, according to the working in each several part, makes increase of the body in the edification of itself in divine love. Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart; who being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness.
Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. read more. But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her; in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word, in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless. So the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself: for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; because we are members of his body: on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.
Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;
since it behooved him frequently to suffer from the foundation of the world: but now in the end of the ages he has been made manifest unto the removal of sin through the sacrifice of himself.
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us, looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God. read more. For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.
Therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach;
in every good thing to do his will, doing that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the age of the ages. Amen.
in every good thing to do his will, doing that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the age of the ages. Amen.
James, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting. Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways. Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love. read more. Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one: but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed. Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death. Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations. Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath: for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God. Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and never fading, having been kept in the heavens unto you,
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and never fading, having been kept in the heavens unto you,
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and never fading, having been kept in the heavens unto you, who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In whom you rejoice, if however it is needful, being grieved a little while among manifold temptations: in order
In whom you rejoice, if however it is needful, being grieved a little while among manifold temptations: in order
In whom you rejoice, if however it is needful, being grieved a little while among manifold temptations: in order that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ: whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated,
Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated,
Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated, searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show:
searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show:
searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show:
searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show: to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.
to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.
to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.
to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.
to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down. Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ. As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:
As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance: but according to the Holy One who has called you. Be ye also holy in all your deportment; read more. because it has been written, Ye shall be holy; because I am holy.
because it has been written, Ye shall be holy; because I am holy. And if you call upon the Father, the One judging without respect of persons according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourn with fear,
And if you call upon the Father, the One judging without respect of persons according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourn with fear, knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless:
but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless:
but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless:
but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless: foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest at the last of the times for the sake of you,
foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest at the last of the times for the sake of you,
foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest at the last of the times for the sake of you,
foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest at the last of the times for the sake of you, who through him are faithful toward God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are toward God.
who through him are faithful toward God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are toward God. Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love: read more. having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, who lives and abides.
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, who lives and abides.
Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations;
Because it runs thus in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and the one believing on him can not be ashamed.
Because it runs thus in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and the one believing on him can not be ashamed.
who stumble over the word, disbelieving: unto which they indeed were appointed.
who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy.
who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy.
who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy.
who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy. Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;
Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul; having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.
having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.
having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.
having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation. Submit to every human creature for the sake of the Lord: whether to the king as supereminent,
Submit to every human creature for the sake of the Lord: whether to the king as supereminent, or to governors, as those having been sent out by him unto the condemnation of evil doers, and the praise of those doing good;
or to governors, as those having been sent out by him unto the condemnation of evil doers, and the praise of those doing good; because thus it is the will of God, that doing good you should put to shame the ignorance of the ignorant people:
because thus it is the will of God, that doing good you should put to shame the ignorance of the ignorant people: as free, and not as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.
as free, and not as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God. Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king.
Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king. Servants, be submissive to your masters with all reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. read more. For this is grace, if, through the conscience of God, one bears sorrows and suffering unjustly. For what glory is there, if, committing sin and being buffeted, you endure it? But if, doing good and suffering you endure it, this is grace with God. For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth,
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth, who, being reviled, reviled not again; suffering, he threatened not, but gave up to the one judging righteously:
who, being reviled, reviled not again; suffering, he threatened not, but gave up to the one judging righteously: who himself has borne our sins in his own body on the wood, in order that we, being made free from sins, may live unto righteousness: by whose stripe you are healed.
who himself has borne our sins in his own body on the wood, in order that we, being made free from sins, may live unto righteousness: by whose stripe you are healed. For you have wandered away like sheep; but you have now turned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Likewise, ye wives, be submissive to your own husbands; in order that, if any do not believe the word, they shall be gained through the deportment of their wives, without the word; beholding your chaste deportment which is with reverence: read more. whose beauty, let it not be the external beauty of braiding the hairs, and wearing golds, or putting on of outer garments; but let their beauty be the hidden man of the heart, in the purity of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is perfection complete. For in this way in olden times the holy wives, the ones having hope toward God, were indeed accustomed to beautify themselves, submissive to their own husbands: as Sarah submitted to Abraham, calling him Lord: whose children you have become, doing good, and not fearing any calamity. Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered. And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble: not giving evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; because unto this you have been called, that you may inherit the blessing. For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:
For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:
For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile: let him depart from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it: read more. because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry: but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil.
because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry: but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil. Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?
Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?
Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?
Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good? But if indeed you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
But if indeed you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
But if indeed you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Fear not their fear, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts: being always ready for an answer to every one asking you a reason for the hope which is in you, but with meekness and fear:
but sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts: being always ready for an answer to every one asking you a reason for the hope which is in you, but with meekness and fear: having a good conscience, in order that, in whatsoever you are calumniated, those traducing your good deportment in Christ may be ashamed.
having a good conscience, in order that, in whatsoever you are calumniated, those traducing your good deportment in Christ may be ashamed.
having a good conscience, in order that, in whatsoever you are calumniated, those traducing your good deportment in Christ may be ashamed. For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil.
For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil. Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:
Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:
Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit: by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison; who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water.
who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water.
who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water. Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ: read more. who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.
who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.
Therefore Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind: because the one having suffered in carnality has ceased from sin;
Therefore Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind: because the one having suffered in carnality has ceased from sin; that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.
that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God. For the past time is sufficient to have wrought the will of the heathens, walking in impurities, in lusts, in wine-drinkings, in revelries, in intemperance, and in unlawful idolatries:
For the past time is sufficient to have wrought the will of the heathens, walking in impurities, in lusts, in wine-drinkings, in revelries, in intemperance, and in unlawful idolatries: in which they are astonished you not running to the same excess of wrath, blaspheming;
in which they are astonished you not running to the same excess of wrath, blaspheming; who shall give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. read more. For, unto this the gospel was also preached to the dead, in order that they may indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:
But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:
But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers: before all things having divine love stedfast toward one another; because divine love covers a multitude of sins: read more. being hospitable to one another without grudging; as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God: if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, coming upon you unto your testing: as some strange thing happening to you:
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, coming upon you unto your testing: as some strange thing happening to you: but as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; in order that you may also rejoice in the revelation of his glory, being glad. read more. If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.
If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.
If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.
If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you. But let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other people's business:
But let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other people's business:
But let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other people's business: but if as a Christian, be not ashamed, but glorify God in this name.
but if as a Christian, be not ashamed, but glorify God in this name. Because it is time that judgment should begin from the house of God: and if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God? read more. And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? So let those indeed suffering according to the will of God submit their souls to the faithful Creator, in good work.
So let those indeed suffering according to the will of God submit their souls to the faithful Creator, in good work.
So let those indeed suffering according to the will of God submit their souls to the faithful Creator, in good work.
So let those indeed suffering according to the will of God submit their souls to the faithful Creator, in good work.
Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:
Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you: shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully. read more. Not as domineering over the heritages, but having become examples of the flock: and chief Shepherd having appeared, you shall receive a crown of glory which will never fade away. Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:
Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:
Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:
Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:
Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time: having cast all your care upon him; because there is a care to him concerning you.
having cast all your care upon him; because there is a care to him concerning you. Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:
Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:
Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that it is for you to complete the same sufferings in this world along with your brotherhood.
whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that it is for you to complete the same sufferings in this world along with your brotherhood.
whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that it is for you to complete the same sufferings in this world along with your brotherhood.
whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that it is for you to complete the same sufferings in this world along with your brotherhood. But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you.
But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you.
But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you. To him is the power unto the age of the ages. Amen.
To him is the power unto the age of the ages. Amen. Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and witnessing that this same grace of God is true in which you may stand. read more. The elect sister who is in Babylon, and my son Mark, salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. Peace be unto you all who are in Christ.
Morish
This was addressed to believing Jews dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. It was apparently sent from Babylon on the Euphrates, where many Jews were located. There is nothing in the epistle itself that fixes its date: but it is generally dated A.D. 60 to 63. The teaching of the epistle is based upon a living hope by the resurrection of Christ, in contrast to the portion of the Jews on earth. Believers are contemplated as strangers and pilgrims, salvation being regarded in its completeness as future, soul salvation being the point of consequence in the present, in contrast to temporal deliverances. The thought of a 'spiritual house' composed of living stones, in 1 Peter 2 connects the epistle with the revelation given to Peter in Matt. 16
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The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is equally strong. It was addressed to the churches of Asia Minor which had for the most part been founded by Paul and his companions, Supposing it to have been written at Babylon,
it ia a probable conjecture that Silvanus, By whom it was transmitted to those churches, had joined Peter after a tour of visitation, and that his account of the condition of the Christians in those districts determined the apostle to write the epistle. (On the question of this epistle having been written at Babylon commentators differ. "Some refer it to the famous Babylon in Asia, which after its destruction was still inhabited by a Jewish colony; others refer it to Babylon in Egypt, now called Old Cairo; still others understand it mystically of heathen Rome, in which sense 'Babylon' is certainly used in the Apocalypse of John." --Schaff.) The objects of the epistle were --
1. To comfort and strengthen the Christians in a season of severe trial.
2. To enforce the practical and spiritual duties involved in their calling
3. To warn them against special temptations attached to their position.
4. To remove all doubt as to the soundness and completeness of the religious system which they had already received. Such an attestation was especially needed by the Hebrew Christians, who were to appeal from Paul's authority to that of the elder apostles, and above all to that of Peter. The last, which is perhaps the very principal object, is kept in view throughout the epistle, and is distinctly stated
The harmony of such teaching with that of Paul is sufficiently obvious. Peter belongs to the school, or to speak more correctly, is the leader of the school, which at once vindicates the unity of the law and the gospel, and puts the superiority of the latter on its true basis-that of spiritual development. The date of this epistle is uncertain, but Alford believes it to have been written between A.D. 63 and 67.
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Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and witnessing that this same grace of God is true in which you may stand. The elect sister who is in Babylon, and my son Mark, salute you.