Live such good lives that...
Read 1 Peter 2:12 . As we’ve already seen, holiness is primarily positive, not negative. It must include the avoiding of evil but it’s...
As strangers in the world
Read 1 Peter 2:11 . So Christians are the new temple, the new priesthood, the new people of God (2:5,9) and this calls for a new way of...
The people of God
Read 1 Peter 2:9-10 . Peter returns to the theme of the blessings of being God’s people (2:5). In contrast (But you) to those who reject...
This stone is precious
Read 1 Peter 2:6-8 . Jesus is the chosen and precious foundation stone (2:4-5) and that’s now supported by three OT verses (Is.28:16;...
Built into a spiritual house
Read 1 Peter 2:4-5 . This next section makes extensive use of Old Testament imagery to show that Christian believers are the new people...
Crave pure spiritual milk
Read 1 Peter 2:1-3 . Therefore (1) connects with the previous theme of holiness and especially the call to “love one another deeply from...
Love one another deeply
Read 1 Peter 1:22-25 . Holiness is a call to be like God our Father – as “obedient children” our aim is to be like him (1:14-16). We are...
Set free from an empty way of life
Read 1 Peter 1:17-21 . Holiness is our proper response to God. God is our Father but his holy and just nature means that he will not...
Therefore... be holy
Read 1 Peter 1:13-16 . “Therefore” connects with and applies the salvation hope described in 1:3-12. The call to belong to God’s people...
Concerning this salvation...
Read 1 Peter 1:10-12 . This is the third mention of salvation in Peter’s opening section – it’s a salvation which is both future and...