The Spirit of glory
Read 1 Peter 4:14-16 . So to suffer for Christ is to share in his sufferings and that is both a privilege and a blessing (14). The...
Suffering and glory
Read 1 Peter 4:12-13 . The theme of suffering for Christ has been central to this letter. Just as Jesus suffered unjustly and yet did not...
Using spiritual gifts
Read 1 Peter 4:10-11 . “Gift” (10) in Greek is charisma, from charis, the word for grace. This short passage about spiritual...
Strong to the end
Read 1 Peter 4:7-9 . Just as earth history had a beginning, so too it will have an end. That end will be ushered in by the day of...
Judgement and the gospel
Read 1 Peter 4:6 . It’s because God will judge all people (5) that the gospel must be preached, for the gospel is the power of God to...
Why live to do God’s will?
Read 1 Peter 4:3-5 . Sinful behaviour can be very tempting. These various examples of human passions (3) are typical of what the world...
Living under Christ’s lordship (part 2)
Read 1 Peter 4:2 . So by repentance and faith in Jesus we have died to sin and now live a new life under his lordship – “the old has...
Living under Christ’s lordship (part 1)
Read 1 Peter 4:1 . Therefore connects back to 3:17-18 and the theme of Christ’s undeserved suffering. He did that to bring us to God (18)...
At God’s right hand
Read 1 Peter 3:22 . The death (18) and resurrection of Jesus (21) were followed by his ascension and exaltation (22), the supreme...
Saved by Christ’s resurrection
Read 1 Peter 3:20-21 . Having spoken of Noah as a messenger of salvation, Peter then sees in Noah a parallel with salvation itself. He...