1 Peter
Wayne Grudem
Bible Commentaries
Chapters 43
- 1 Peter ≈ 13 min
- Books and journals ≈ 3 min
- Ancient extra-biblical literature ≈ 1 min
- General abbreviations ≈ 1 min
- 1. Author ≈ 29 min
- 2. Place of writing ≈ 6 min
- 3. Date ≈ 5 min
- 4. Destination and readers ≈ 4 min
- 5. Purpose ≈ 2 min
- 6. Nature and possible sources of I Peter ≈ 9 min
- 7. Prominent themes in 1 Peter ≈ 1 min
- 1 . SALUTATION: PETER THE APOSTLE TO SOJOURNERS IN GOD’S ETERNAL CARE (1:1–2) ≈ 1 min
- 2 . GENERAL DOCTRINE: THE GREATNESS OF YOUR SALVATION (1:3–2:10) ≈ 1 min
- 3 . SPECIFIC ETHICAL TEACHINGS: HOW TO BE HOLY IN THE MIDST OF UNBELIEVERS (2:11–5:11) ≈ 3 min
- 4. CLOSING GREETINGS (5:12–14) ≈ 23 min
- a. You grow as Christians through joyful faith (1:3–12) ≈ 15 min
- Additional note: New Covenant rewards (1:4) ≈ 42 min
- Additional note: ‘Time and circumstances’ or ‘person or time’? (1:11) ≈ 5 min
- b. Application: you must be holy in all your conduct (1:13–25) ≈ 51 min
- c. How to advance in holiness (2:1–10) ≈ 28 min
- Additional note: The dwelling place of God (2:5) ≈ 17 min
- Additional note: Election and reprobation in Scripture (2:8) ≈ 15 min
- a. General principles (2:11–12) ≈ 11 min
- b. Living as citizens: be subject to government authorities, for the Lord’s sake (2:13–17) ≈ 15 min
- c. Living as servants: be subject to your masters (2:18–25) ≈ 28 min
- Additional note: Did Christ ‘carry our sins up to the cross’? (2:24) ≈ 6 min
- d. Living as married persons (3:1–7) ≈ 34 min
- e. Living as Christians generally (3:8–4:19) ≈ 120 min
- f. Living as church members and officers (5:1–7) ≈ 32 min
- g. Living as Christians in spiritual conflict (5:8–11) ≈ 11 min
- a. I am sending this by faithful Silvanus (5:12a) ≈ 4 min
- b. Stand in the grace I have described (5:12b) ≈ 2 min
- c. Greetings from the church in Rome and from Mark (5:13) ≈ 2 min
- d. Greet one another (5:14a) ≈ 1 min
- e. Peace to all who are in Christ (5:14b) ≈ 7 min
- a. The meaning of ‘spirit’ ( pneuma ) ≈ 12 min
- b. Evidence from four other defining phrases ≈ 27 min
- c. Additional note: can we assume that Peter’s readers knew 1 Enoch? ≈ 54 min
- INTRODUCTION ≈ 10 min
- 1. SALUTATION: PETER THE APOSTLE TO SOJOURNERS IN GOD’S ETERNAL CARE (1:1–2) ≈ 1 min
- 2. GENERAL DOCTRINE: THE GREATNESS OF YOUR SALVATION (1:3–2:10) ≈ 26 min
- 3. SPECIFIC ETHICAL TEACHINGS: HOW TO BE HOLY IN THE MIDST OF UNBELIEVERS (2:11–5:11) ≈ 20 min
- APPENDIX ≈ 18 min
| Author | Wayne Grudem |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1900s |
| Categories | Bible Commentaries |
| Length | 43 chapters · ≈ 11 h 56 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |
