Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+003   Chapter 3 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+002   Chapter 2 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+001 Introduction of 1 Peter   The apostle Peter was one of the twelve disciples Jesus appointed and taught during his time on earth. Peter spent the final years of his life and ministry—in the early 60s AD—as a leader of the church in Rome. When he learned that churches in […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+005   James 5 (ESV) The Prayer of Faith 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James+004   James 4 (ESV) 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only one lawgiver and […]