For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people. Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God. 1 Peter 2:15-16 NABRE Peter is writing about secular authority to the communities receiving his…
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Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. 1 Peter 3:8 NABRE Peter names five characteristics that ought to mark how all members in the church relate to others in the community. We are called to be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward…
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but the word of the Lord remains forever. 1 Peter 1:25 NABRE Peter references a passage in scripture from Isaiah 40:6-8. Isaiah is speaking to the Hebrew people who have been in exile in Babylon for more than fifty years. God uses the Babylonians to punish the Hebrew people for…
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realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. 1 Peter 1:18-19 NABRE Peter in this section of the letter to the communities in…
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You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God, 1 Peter 1:23 NABRE Peter is writing to the communities in Asia Minor, new Christians who are growing and becoming disciples. Peter in the section with the quoted verse has…
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