Questions tagged [1-peter]
The Apostle Peter's first epistle.
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What does it mean for the government to "praise" those who do good (1 Pet. 2:13-14; Rom. 13:3)?
My question pertains to two passages. The first one, 1 Peter 2:13-14 reads (NKJV),
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to ...
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What saved Noah The Water or the Ark?
1Pe 3:20 BSB
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
How is water ...
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Is second Peter making two, three or four illustrations in chapter 2?
“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a ...
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1 Peter 3:22 If Jesus is God, wouldn't the angels be subject unto him already?
1 Peter 3:21-22
21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of ...
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What does "Blessed" mean in 1 Peter 1:3?
" Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the ressurrection of Jesus Christ from the ...
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What does "new birth" refer to in 1 Peter 1:3?
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead". 1 Peter 1:...
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Is there historical evidence for the persecution in Acts 8:1 where "...a great persecution broke out.. all except the apostles were scattered"
Acts 8:1-3 in the NIV says
And Saul approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution
broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the ...
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Do Peter's words in 1 Peter 2:24 suggest that 'wound' would be a better word than 'bruise' in Genesis 3:15?
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. [1 Peter 2:24 KJV]
All twenty six ...
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Why must Women mimic silent שָׂרַ֣י Sarai, but not the outspoken שָׂרָ֖ה Sarah in [1 Peter 3:1-6]? [closed]
When looking at people who receive new names, it is easy to see when referring to the flesh, the old name is used, but when referring to the promise the new name is used. This is most apparent when ...
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If Peter is released from keeping the Torah [Romans 7:6], Why does 1 Peter 1:14-16 uphold (Leviticus 11:45 & Leviticus 19:2)?
Why does the Apostle Peter add in [1 Peter 1:14-16] that all should be:
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who ...
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1 Peter 3:15 - Collective Plurals or Distributive Plurals?
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: [1 Peter 3:15 KJV]
In 1 Peter ...
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In 1 Peter 2:17, who is the king to which he refers, and how, specifically, is he to be honored?
[1 Peter 2:17 NKJV] (17) Honor all [people]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Might he be referring to Christ as King?
Or might he be referring to an obligatory sacrifice to the Caesar/...
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Do the passages in Genesis 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:8-9 suggest Satan can manipulate our thoughts?
In these two verse we are told that "sin in crouching at the door" and "the Devil prowls like a roaring lion":
Genesis 4:7: "If you do well, will not your countenance be ...
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Are the harlot, "Babylon the Great" from Rev. 17:5, and "Babylon" from 1 Peter 5:13 synonymous?
Text from the Book of Revelation reads:
Revelation 17:4-5: [On the woman's] forehead a name was written, a mystery, 'BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH'&...
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Is Peter implying that the righteous can lose their salvation in 1 Peter 4:17-18?
1 Peter 4:17-18 (ESV):
17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And “If the ...
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Are the imprisoned spirits in 1 Peter 3:19 human spirits or fallen angels?
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19After being made alive, he ...
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Is Peter encouraging believers to train in apologetics in 1 Peter 3:15?
1 Peter 3:15 (ESV):
15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with ...
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Is God's foreknowledge (1 Peter 1) compatible with the belief in libertarian free will?
Foreknowledge is mentioned twice in the first chapter of 1 Peter. The first instance is found in 1 Peter 1:1-2 regarding the elect exiles:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect ...
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Did Jesus pre-exist in spiritual form as the "Spirit of Christ" at the time of the prophets according to 1 Peter 1:10-12?
Context: I came up with this question after reading this answer.
1 Peter 1:10-12 (NASB):
10 As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful ...
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Railing accusation(s)?
1 Peter 3:9: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
2 Peter 2:11: Whereas angels, ...
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Who is Babylon in 1 Peter 5:13?
1 Peter 5:13
She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.
Is this the same Babylon in Revelation?
Revelation 14:8
A second angel followed and said,...
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1 Peter 4:6a teach to dead people. NIV vs ESV
1 Peter 4:6a
New International Version
For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead
English Standard Version
For this is why the gospel was preached even to those ...
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Why does the 'King' or 'Emperor' come last in 1 Peter 2:17?
"Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." 1 Peter 2:17 NKJV
The ordering here is curious: people, brotherhood, God... king/emperor. It almost feels like a ...
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Why was the word "Bishop" used in Titus 1:7 and 1 Peter 2:25 [KJV] instead of "Guardian" (ἐπίσκοπον)?
Why was the word "Bishop" used in Titus 1:7 and 1 Peter 2:25 [KJV] instead of "Guardian" / "Episkopon" (Ἐπίσκοπον)?
1 Peter 2:25 [KJV]
[25] "For ye were as sheep ...
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What is the status of the word "because" in 1 Peter 2:8? ESV
"They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do". ESV
There are other questions on this site which go into this verse without, I think, quite settling this point: ...
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Is it king or emperor in 1 Peter 2:17?
1 Peter 2:17 NIV
Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor [βασιλεύς].
Nero was emporor at the time.
Berean Literal Bible
Honor everyone: love the ...
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Is gold perishable?
1 Peter 1:18
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors.
Revelation 21:21
The ...
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1 Peter 3:21 in Papyrus 72 and Codex Sinaiticus
1 Peter 3:21
I recently noticed that in both Papyrus 72 and Codex Sinaiticus a semicolon appears before baptism. Wouldn’t this move baptism out of the first part of the verse and change the verse ...
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1 Peter 2:3, what is the literal translation of the Greek and Latin text?
1 Peter 2:3 (GNT):
εἴπερ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ Κύριος.
1 Peter 2:3 (Latin Vulgate):
si gustastis quoniam dulcis Dominus
1 Peter 2:3 (DRB):
If so be you have tasted that ...
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1 Peter 4:18, what is the nature of Salvation Work?
1 Peter 4:18 (DRB):
And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
1 Timothy 4:10 (DRB):
For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in ...
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1 Peter 3:22, what are the accurate translations of this verse?
1 Peter 3:22 (DRB):
Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death, that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made ...
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1 Peter 2:11, does Peter mean by (soul) (the spirit)?
1 Peter 2:11 (DRB):
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,
It's clear that the Bible distinguishes between (...
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Translation of 1 Peter 3:21 and baptism
συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς Θεόν
Can this phrase from 1 Peter 3:21 be translated as "the request addressed (by God) to a good conscience in God." meaning that God demands baptism from every man ...
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Do we receive the full measure of God’s grace on earth? (1 Peter 1:13)
NASB translation of 1 Peter 1:13:
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
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In 1 Peter 5:8 is "your adversary, the devil" a reference to persecuting Jews in cahoots with Rome?
Peter speaks of a "roaring lion" on the prowl. I don't think anyone thinks that an actual lion is the problem. Nor does the Satan eat humans that I'm aware of.
[1Pe 5:8-11 CSB] (8) Be sober-...
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How do the waters of Noah's flood correspond to baptism (1 Peter 3:21)?
In the NIV and the Berean Study Bible (apparently the most literal Bible translation according to its website) versions, 1 Peter 3:21 reads:
"and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you ...
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Why does St. Jerome translate αληθείας as caritatis in 1 Pet. 1:22?
Why does St. Jerome translate αληθείας as caritatis in 1 Pet. 1:22?
obedientia [υπακοή] caritatis [αληθείας = "of the truth"]
He uses "non obedire veritati" for "αληθεία μη πείθεσθαι" in Gal. 3:1.
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In 1 Peter 4:17 is Peter referring to "God's house" (ie: the temple) or his "household"?
[1Pe 4:17-18 DBY] (17) For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? (18) And if ...
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Verse Division in 1 Peter 3:15-16 / μετά πραΰτητος καί φόβου in
In 1 Peter 3, the Greek phrase μετά πραΰτητος καί φόβου appears in verse 15 in the Textus Receptus (https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/1pe/3/15/t_conc_1154015), but in verse 16 in the GNT (https://...
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Translation of 1Peter 1 13
It is written in 1Peter chapter 1 verse 13:
Διὸ ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν νήφοντες τελείως ἐλπίσατε ἐπὶ τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Wherefore having girded ...
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How can be translated 1Peter 3:21?
Good morning. For some time I have a question about 1 Peter 3:21. I want to know all the possibilities of translating the text to know how to interpret the text. I noticed that there are textual ...
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What does 'through the sanctifying work of the Spirit'' mean in 1 Peter 1:2?
The phrase ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος (1 Pet. 1:2b) is rendered ''through the sanctifying work of the Spirit'' in NIV.
who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through ...
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How can we accurately translate the Greek phrase ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος into English?
The following English Bible translations varied in how they render the phrase ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος.
''in the sanctification of the Spirit'' (ESV)
''by the sanctifying work of the Spirit'' (...
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In 1 Peter 3:7, why does Peter refer to the wives as weaker?
The thrust of 1 Peter 2:13-3:7 seems to be about living differently in existing relationships "for the Lord's sake" because we have been changed - note 2:13 "for the Lord's sake...", 3:1 "in the same ...
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In 1 Peter 4:5 what does "ready to judge the living and the dead" mean?
1 Peter 4:5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready
to judge the living and the dead.
I hope it's OK to put 2 questions based on the same verse.
When the author wrote the sentence ...
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According to 1 Peter 2:7-8, unto what were the disobedient "destined?"
I am seeking a grammatical analysis of 1 Peter 2:(7-)8 (especially as rendered in the King James and NET translations, respectively) in order to determine what they are “destined unto” or what is “...
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Why do some versions have "Christ" in 1 Peter 3:15 while others have "God"?
I'm finding inconsistencies between translations of 1 Peter 3:15
KJV
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts...
NASB
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts
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but in your hearts ...
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Translation of the aorist indicative in John 1:14 versus 1 Peter 1:24
The Greek in John 1:14 says
καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας.
Both ἐγένετο and ἐσκήνωσεν ...
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1 Peter 3:21 - What does "an appeal to God for a good conscience" mean?
There seems to be only one verse in the New Testament that directly says what baptism is, spiritually: 1 Peter 3:21. But the critical phrase is translated in many different ways:
Baptism, ... now ...
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In 1 Peter 1:2, why is "of blood" in the genitive?
In 1 Peter 1:2, why is "of blood" in the genitive?
1Pe 1:2 according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in
sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus ...