1 Peter
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Those who are walking with Christ will be enabled to suffer patiently, joyously and to the glory of God.
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This Epistle was addressed primarily to Christian Hebrews, though it does not exclude Gentiles who, by adoption and faith, become members of the true Israel of God. The countries named are from northeast to southwest in Asia Minor. As might have been expected, the paragraphs glow with Peter’s fervent zeal and ardent love. There is also a deep vein of patience and of desire to encourage those who were suffering. The fiery trial was the Neronian persecution, which the emperor instigated to divert from himself the stigma of having set Rome on fire. The date, therefore, is about 65 a.d. —Through the Bible Day by Day
The Fellowship of Christ’s Suffering and Glory
Salutation, I Peter 1:1-2
I. The Conflict of Hope and Suffering, I Peter 1:1-12
1. The Living Hope Born of Christ’s Resurrection, I Peter 1:3-5
2. Trials and Sufferings, I Peter 1:6-7
3. The Triumph of Hope, I Peter 1:8-12
II. A Royal Priesthood and a Holy Nation, I Peter 1:13-2:10
1. The Call to Holiness, I Peter 1:13-17
2. Christ’s Work of Redemption, I Peter 1:18-21
3. The Believer’s Regeneration, I Peter 1:22-2:3
4. The Stone Rejected by the Builders, I Peter 2:4-8
5. The People of God, I Peter 2:9, 10
III. Christ’s Unparalleled Example, I Peter 2:11-4:19
1. The Obligations of the Christian Life, I Peter 2:11-20
2. The Example of Christ, I Peter 2:21-25
(His sinlessness)
3. The Obligations of the Christian Life, I Peter 3:1-17
(Mutual Forbearance of Wives and Husbands, Brotherly Love, Pity, Courtesy, Overcoming Evil with Good)
4. The Example of Christ, I Peter 3:18-22
(His suffering for sin)
5. The Obligations of the Christian Life, I Peter 4
(Living to God, Watching, Praying, Hospitality, Suffering as a Christian)
IV. The Direction of the Church, I Peter 5:1-9
1. Duties of Elders, I Peter 5:1-4
2. Duties of Young Men, I Peter 5:5-9
Conclusion, I Peter 5:10-14 - Through the Bible Day by Day
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