1 Peter 5

Greetings,
1 Peter 5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants [...]

1 Peter 4

Greetings!  Peter denied Jesus three times before the crucifixion.  Yet after the resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit (see the beginning of the book of Acts) he and the other disciples were transformed into fearless witnesses for Jesus.  This is one of the many evidences of the resurrection, by the way. 
When he wrote about [...]

1 Peter 3

Greetings!  Peter addresses husband / wife relationships in this chapter, among other things, so it is important to put things in proper context.  Women were basically considered to be property in that culture.  When Paul said in Galatians 3:28 that “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are [...]

1 Peter 2

Greetings!  Once again, the Bible is pretty clear on what the Christian life should look like.  Does Peter, via inspiration from the Holy Spirit, say to get rid of some malice and some deceit and some slander?  No.  He says we should rid ourselves of all those things.  It is easy?  No.  But we don’t [...]

1 Peter 1

Greetings!  Let’s start 1 Peter:
1 Peter 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by [...]

1 Peter overview

Greetings!
This reading is an overview of 1 Peter.  1 Peter has five chapters and 2 Peter has three chapters.  I thought we would do them consecutively.
Who wrote this and when was it written?  Peter, an Apostle of Jesus, wrote it around 62-64 AD.  He denied Jesus three times on the night before Jesus was crucified [...]