The Book of
1 Peter 2
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Where we are
- 1–2:10Living hopeBorn again to an inheritanceChapter 2
- 2:11–3:12Living as exilesGood lives among unbelievers
- 3:13–4:19Suffering wellDoing good, following Christ
- 5Stand firmHumble, alert, held by grace
The Living Stone and Chosen People
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God
1 Peter 2:10
Pray
Out of darkness
Peter says God called His people “out of darkness into His marvelous light,” and made them His own “to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you.” Thank God for the day He called you. Then ask Him for one chance this week to tell someone what He has done.
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
they may see your good deeds and glorify God
1 Peter 2:12
Submission to Authorities
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Four short commands
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Peter sums it up in four short commands. Everyone is owed respect. Fellow believers are owed love. The king is owed honor. But fear, the deepest reverence, belongs to God alone. And all of it is done the same way: freely, “as servants of God.”
Question
Quick question
Peter’s readers were slandered by neighbors who didn’t understand their new life.
According to 2:15, how does God want believers to silence the ignorance of foolish men?
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended. How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God
1 Peter 2:20
Christ’s Example of Suffering
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
“He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
When they heaped abuse on Him,
He did not retaliate;
when He suffered, He made no threats,
but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
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He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
“By His stripes you are healed.”
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree
1 Peter 2:24
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Reflect
In His footsteps
When Christ was mistreated, “He did not retaliate,” but “entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.” Is there someone who has treated you unfairly? What would it look like to leave the judging to God, and keep doing good?
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A verse to carry with you
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
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