Category: A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 5
What does 1st Peter Chapter 5 mean? Peter closes out his letter to the scattered Christians in the churches of Asia Minor with some final instructions. He counsels the elders about how to lead, includes how and why to live in humility with each other, and gives a final warning…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 4
What does 1st Peter Chapter 4 mean? In chapter 4, Peter urges Christians to be fiercely committed to fulfilling the purpose of our lives in Christ. Prior chapters made the case that we are a “holy people.” We have been rescued from meaningless lives and set apart from the world,…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 3
What does 1st Peter Chapter 3 mean? In the first two chapters of his letter to the scattered Christians of Asia Minor, Peter has made three things abundantly clear. First, believers’ future with God, who caused us to be born again, is absolutely secure. Second, Christians are God’s holy people.…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 2
What does 1st Peter Chapter 2 mean? How Christians live on this side of eternity does, in fact, matter. First Peter 1 established who we are as God’s people, through faith in Christ. It described why believers are called by God to lead holy lives, different from those in the world around…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 1
What does 1st Peter Chapter 1 mean? The apostle Peter, one of the original 12 disciples chosen and trained by Jesus during His time on earth, begins a letter to Christians scattered by persecution. He writes to encourage them, starting by emphasizing exactly who they are as Christians and how…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Peter, (ESV) with Irv Risch.
Survey of 1 Peter Book Type: One of the New Testament’s General Epistles; the twenty-first book of the New Testament; the sixtieth book of the Bible. Author: Simon Peter, known as a leader among the twelve apostles. Though he denied Jesus three times the night He was betrayed, Jesus restored Peter to…
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