Bible Study Notes
January 31st, 2012
The true status of Peter’s readers was that of a holy people belonging to a holy God. In view of their true status, Peter tells his readers to abstain from sinful desires of the flesh. What are these “desires of the flesh”? Also, Peter gives advice about silencing slander.
This week’s passage contains one of my favourite verses in Scripture – 1 Peter 2:16 – which presents an interesting paradox.
Tags: lusts of the flesh, respect, self-control, slander, submission, the flesh
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December 14th, 2011
Peter encouraged the recipients of his letter by telling them that – like Jesus – they were rejected, selected, precious and living stones. He also referred to them as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own posession. What is the significance of these wonderful descriptions? [2000 words]
Tags: apostolic succession, aretē, capstone, chosen race, cornerstone, destruction of the Temple, elect race, holy nation, priesthood, priesthood of all believers, priests, rock, Royal Priesthood, Spiritual, stones, temple
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November 4th, 2011
Jesus says that if we love him we will obey his commands (John 14:15). Peter says that love for others is the result of obedience (1 Pet 1:22). Our obedience and love as Christians are profoundly connected and intertwined. Love is both the motive and the goal of our endeavours. [1500 words]
Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, love, taste and see
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September 23rd, 2011
1 Peter 1:17-21 is one long sentence in the Greek text. In this single sentence Peter tells his readers that their works will be judged. He also tells them about the precious cost of their redemption which has freed them from futility. [1500 words]
Tags: 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, blood of Jesus, bought with a price, commentary, impartial judge, Judge, judgement, redeemed, redemption, slain Lamb, wood hay stubble
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September 11th, 2011
Many Christians believe that submission in marriage is the duty only of wives. These Christians often make a point of saying that the Scriptures never state that husbands are to be submissive to their wives. In the instructions to Christian men in 1 Peter 3:7, however, Peter comes very close.
Tags: 1 Peter 3, 1 Thessalonians 4:4, hupotasso, mutual submission, skeuos, submission, submission in marriage, vessel, weaker vessel
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September 1st, 2011
In 1 Peter 3:1-6 Peter instructs wives to be submissive. He uses the examples of “the holy women of the past” and Sarah to help make his points. Who were these “holy women of the past”? And in what way did Sarah submit to Abraham? [1600 words plus footnotes]
Tags: 1 Peter, Bible women, brave Bible women, hupotasso, kurios, NLT, Sarah, submission, submission in marriage
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August 30th, 2011
In this week’s passage, Peter writes that in the past it was the prophets who investigated salvation; but in the present it is the angels who are investigating salvation.
Peter also gives several instructions to his readers, including the instruction to “be holy”. This session looks especially at holiness. [1700 words]
Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, be holy, commentary, gird your loins, holiness, perfection, sober, spiritual perfection
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May 14th, 2011
“. . . for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
1 Peter 1:6-7
Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, commentary, faith, inheritance, joy, more precious than gold, revelation of Jesus, Salvation, strangers and aliens, suffering, testing, the Day of Christ, trials
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May 11th, 2011
In these few verses Peter reveals that each member of the Trinity has a role in salvation: the Father’s role is choosing, the Holy Spirit’s role is sanctifying, and the Son’s role was to be the redemptive sacrifice. But we have a role too.
Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, chosen, commentary, election, faith, gold, holiness, inheritance, is Jesus God, is the Holy Spirit God, new life in Christ, perfection, persecution, resurrection power, Salvation, sanctification, spiritual maturity, suffering, Trinity
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April 12th, 2011
Here’s an introduction to 1 Peter looking at who the letter was written by, who the letter was written to, and where the letter was written from.
It also looks at the key theme of 1 Peter – suffering for the being a Christian.
Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter Bible Study, 1 Peter commentary, Asia Minor, Athenagoras, Babylon, commentary, First Peter, introduction, Introduction to 1 Peter, Nero, online, persecution, Roman persecution of Christians, Silas, suffering
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