1 & 2 Peter Flashcards
About when were 1-2 Peter written?
What evidence do we have for those dates?
Mid 60’s AD
• Peter was executed in Rome in 67 AD
To whom are 1-2 Peter written?
Both Jewish and Gentile believers who have been scattered throughout Asia Minor
What is the purpose for 1 Peter?
To encourage believers to do what is right as God’s chosen aliens in a hostile world
What simple moral teaching does Peter give in 1 Peter 2-4?
“Do what is right”
On what truth is Peter’s moral teaching in chapters 2-3 based in 1 Peter 1?
Doing what is right is based on position in Christ.
We are chosen and forgiven by God, recipients of inheritance, protected by God in midst of suffering
What response are we to have toward our persecutors, from 1 Peter 3?
Instead of fear, we are to live and proclaim the gospel (while expecting these types of trials)
What is the purpose for 2 Peter?
To encourage believers to resist Paul’s teachers and to grow in Christ as we look for his return
Whom is Peter denouncing in 2 Peter?
False teachers
