Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue.

The discussion questions are slightly different from traditional Bible studies in that they emphasize the application of the book to your life today. • Final Exhortation and Doxology (2 Peter 3:17-18) Bible Study on Peter's letters I have arbitrarily divided the 8 chapters of 1 and 2 Peter into 12 sections for discussion. The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People . And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God. Donald F. Ritsman Salem Media Group. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

New King James Version Update.

Nevertheless, Peter helps us with His two-fold theme: Our Riches in Christ and Our Responsibilities in the World. 1 Peter 2. Salem Media Group. Scripture quoted by permission. The Books of First and Second Peter .

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul; Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

1 Peter 1:1-2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of ... Read verse in New International Version So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk.

We are facing and increasingly "post-Christian, pagan world." Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. The purpose is to assist the student in gaining a greater comprehension of the biblical teaching contained in the Epistles of 1 & 2 Peter with an emphasis on practical application. BibleStudyCourses.org by Donald F. Ritsman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 2 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood. Font Size. Bible Gateway Plus. Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation; If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord: To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God; You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

See 1 Peter 2:5 (printed below) …you also, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, who offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. of Proud member