1 & 2 Peter Flashcards
1 Peter - Overview
Theme: Imitate Jesus during suffering and persecution.
Author: Peter
Date/Location: From Rome in A.D. 64
Audience: Roman believers
1 Peter 1 - 2:10
Remembering our great salvation
1 Peter 1:1 - 12
Our certain inheritance
1 Peter 1:13 - 21
Walk holy
1 Peter 1:22 - 2:3
Love believers
1 Peter 2:4 - 10
People of God
1 Peter 2:11 - 4:6
Remembering our example before men
1 Peter 2:11 - 3:7
Living honorably before unbelievers
Live as an alien and stranger (2:11 - 12)
Submit to authority like Christ did (2:13 - 25)
Wives and husbands (3:1 - 7)
1 Peter 3:8 - 12
Live honorably before believers
1 Peter 3:13 - 4:6
Live honorably during suffering
Suffering for righteousness (3:13 - 22)
Suffering for purification (4:1 - 6)
1 Peter 4:7 - 5:14
Remembering our Lord will return
1 Peter 4:7 - 11
Responsibilities of Christian Living
1 Peter 4:12 - 19
Rewards for Christian suffering
1 Peter 5:1 - 4
Requirements for Christian leadership
1 Peter 5:5 - 14
Reality of Christian victory
2 Peter - Overview
Theme: Peter exposes counterfeit Christianity and warns believers against false teachers who deny the return of Jesus Christ.
Author: Peter
Date/Location: Prison in Rome A.D. 67-68
Audience: Gentile believers
2 Peter 1
Godly living (1:1 - 11)
Inspiration of the Bible (1:12 - 21)
2 Peter 2
Warning against false teachers (2:1 - 3)
Certainty of God’s judgement against false teachers (2:4 - 22)
2 Peter 3
The day of the Lord is coming (3:1 - 10)
Pursue holiness in light of the day of the Lord (3:11 - 18)