1 Pet. 1:4
1 Pet. 1:8,9
1 Pet. 1:18,19
1 Pet. 1:22,23
1 Pet. 2:1,2
1 Pet. 2:5
1 Pet. 2:9
1 Pet. 2:11
1 Pet. 2:12
1 Pet. 2:13
1 Pet. 2:20
1 Pet. 3:8,9
1 Pet. 3:15
1 Pet. 3:21
1 Pet. 4:9
1 Pet. 4:10,11
1 Pet. 4:19
1 Pet. 5:6,7
1 Pet. 5:8
Try to learn one verse each week for a month.
I. Author - Simon, son of Jonas
A. Galilean fisherman
1. Jn. 1:41,42 (one of earliest of the Apostles)
2. Mk. 1:16-20
3. Acts 4:13
B. renamed "Peter" - Cephas - rock
1. Jn. 1:42
C. leader, spokesman
1. Mk. 8:29
2. Mk. 10:28
3. Jn. 6:67,68
4. Acts 2-5
D. inner circle
1. Mk. 5:37
2. Mk. 9:2
3. Mk. 14:33
E. received special attention from Jesus
1. Lk. 5:10
2. Matt. 16:17
3. Lk. 22:31
4. Jn. 21:15
F. impulsive, hasty
1. Matt. 16:22 (rebuked Jesus)
2. Matt. 14:28 (walk on water)
3. Jn. 13:8,9 (foot washing)
4. Jn. 18:10 (sword, ear)
5. Matt. 26:33 (cock crow)
6. Jn. 21:7 (fishing)
II. Book
A. from "Babylon" - 1 Pet. 5:13
1. literal?
2. figurative?
a. world?
b. Rome (or anywhere in empire)?
1) 1 Pet. 5:13
2) Col. 4:10
B. to church in northern Turkey - 1 Pet. 1:1
1. 1 Pet. 1:1
2. Acts 2:9 (Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia)
3. not all evangelized by Paul
a. Acts 16:7
4. may have been evangelized by Peter
a. 1 Cor. 9:5
b. Gal. 2:11
C. to "those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout..." - 1 Pet. 1:1
1. includes both Jewish and Gentile backgrounds
a. 1 Pet. 1:14,18
b. 1 Pet. 2:9
c. 1 Pet. 4:3
III. Message - God’s grace in persecution
A. don’t deny Jesus - Jn. 18:15-27
1. 1 Pet. 4:12-19
2. 1 Pet. 5:8-11
B. don’t lose faith and sink - Matt. 14:28-31
1. 1 Pet. 2:4-10
2. 1 Pet. 2:21-25
C. love Jesus more than anything - Jn. 21:15ff
1. 1 Pet. 1:8
2. 1 Pet. 1:22