Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+005   Chapter 5 1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+004   Chapter 4 1 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 3 For the time that is […]

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 […]