In this chapter summary, we will discuss the significance of this chapter and what it means for us today. How would you caption the chapter? Peter offers a word of encouragement to Christians who are facing trials and suffering. He gives instructions to both the elders and the younger generation, encouraging them to be the…
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8, KJV 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8, NIV 8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the…
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Peter 1:13, KJV 13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ…
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7, KJV 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7, NIV 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7, NLT 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for…
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24, KJV 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his…
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 1 Peter 2:9, KJV 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the…
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11, KJV 11 If anyone…
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 1:7, KJV 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which…
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1 Peter 1:22, KJV 22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from…
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 1 Peter 3:7, KJV 7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with…