Submission for the sake of others
Read 1 Peter 3:1-2 . In a world where women were generally regarded as inferior to men, Jesus consistently treated them with respect and...
Wives, in the same way...
Read 1 Peter 3:1 . This instruction sounds strange to our modern ears and it has often been misused to justify unkind and dominating...
Christ died to bear our sins
Read 1 Peter 2:24-25 . Having affirmed Christ’s sinlessness and his unjust suffering (21-23), Peter then makes clear the purpose of...
Christ suffered as an example
Read 1 Peter 2:21-23 . Peter has said that Christians will be commended for enduring unjust suffering (19-20) and he now gives two...
Suffering for doing good
Read 1 Peter 2:19-20 . Submission to rulers and masters will at times inevitably result in being on the wrong end of unfair treatment,...
Submit to your masters
Read 1 Peter 2:18 . Living “good lives” (2:12) requires not only submitting to civic rulers but also to those who are our masters at...
Fear God, not people
Read 1 Peter 2:17 . This section about submission to rulers (2:13-17) concludes with four specific commands. We are to live good lives...
Live as free slaves of God
Read 1 Peter 2:16 . Submission to human authority (2:13-15) sounds like a restriction but it’s an expression of our Christian freedom....
God’s will for you
Read 1 Peter 2:15 . We often struggle in specific instances to know God’s will for our lives. But there are some general areas where we...
Submit yourselves to authorities
Read 1 Peter 2:13-14 . Although the world is not our home and “our citizenship is in heaven” (2:11; Ph.3:20), the Bible calls us to be...