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2. Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter
A LIVING HOPE...
...A SURE SALVATION
Biblical Studies In 1st & 2nd Peter

3. Lesson 1 – General Introduction
Outline Of 1st Peter
SALVATION: Attainment Of Believers 1:1 – 2:10
SUBMISSION: Appeal To Believers 2:11 – 3:12
SUFFERING: Attitude & Actions Of Believers :13 – 5:14 4 4

4. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Peter’s “reassurance” v. 13
After his words of comfort from v. 12
Echoed elsewhere Heb 13:6 Rom 8:31-39
Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv
Suffering for righteousness = a “blessing”
Spoken by the prophets Isa 8:12

5. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv
Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12
How do saints accomplish this? vv
Sanctify God in our hearts [set Him apart]
Always be ready to defend our faith
With meekness & fear [submissive attitude]

6. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv
Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12
How do saints accomplish this? vv
“..having a good conscience”
Skillfully answering questions only succeeds when we live consistently with our defense

7. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv
Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12
How do saints accomplish this? vv
If our lives do not match our words, then it is not slander…we are guilty of hypocrisy
We deserve to “suffer for doing wrong” 2:20

8. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Peter’s “realistic reminder” vv
Taught by Jesus Mt 5:10-12
How do saints accomplish this? vv
If we do right & then slandered, others will see the error of such accusations…the accusers will be “put to shame” cp. 2:11-12

9. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
Previously taught 2:21-25
He was the “Just” dying for the “unjust”
He “brought us to God” [aim, purpose]
Put to death in the flesh…made alive in the Spirit through which He “preached” vv

10. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
3:19 has become a debated passage
Some say Jesus preached to spirits after departure from fleshly bodies [a 2nd chance]
That cannot be true Heb 9:27 Lk 16:23-26
Context provides the correct interpretation

11. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
3:19 has become a debated passage
These “imprisoned spirits” were disobedient in the “days of Noah” cp. Gen 6:3, 5-7
The “preaching” was Noah’s 2 Pet 2:5
Noah must have also suffered for doing right

12. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
3:19 has become a debated passage
Noah’s “preaching” only affected 8 people
Peter now emphasizes water
Just as water saved in Noah’s day, baptism saves in our day v. 21

13. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
Peter now emphasizes water
Not a literal bath (removing outward filth)
“Answer of a good conscience toward God” v cp. v Heb 9:13-14

14. Believers’ Suffering 3:13 – 5:14
For The Sake Of Righteousness 3:13-22
Christ is our Example vv
Peter now emphasizes water
N.T. baptism = an “antitype” of Noah’s flood
Understanding the “antitype” necessitates comprehending the “type” (one “reflects” the other)

15. Linotype Machine
Created “hot type” to be used on printing presses
A “line of type” (slug)

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