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...
Inexpressible and glorious joy
Read 1 Peter 1:8-9 . Salvation is “the goal of your faith” and even now you have already begun to experience that – “you are receiving...
So that your faith...
Read 1 Peter 1:7 . We’re able to rejoice in “trials of all kinds” (6) partly because we have the hope of heaven, when all tears and...
In this you greatly rejoice
Read 1 Peter 1:5-6 . It’s wonderful to know that as Christians God has prepared an eternal inheritance which is kept safe for us in...
New birth into a living hope
Read 1 Peter 1:3-4 . “New birth” is not an optional extra, or the exclusive emphasis of those who label themselves as “born again...
Chosen for God
Read 1 Peter 1:1-2 . Being part of God’s people is a great privilege but with it comes great responsibility. God had chosen Israel to be...