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Overview
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Peter
A. Salutation
[OR] Greeting
(1Pe 1:1-2)
I.) Christian suffering and conduct in the light of full salvation [OR] Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims [OR] A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation [OR] Salutation [OR] Peter praises God for His many mercies (1Pe 1:1)
B. Privileges and Responsibilities
[OR]
Faith in Christ Brings You Joy(1Pe 1:3-2:12)
A.) A Heavenly Inheritance [OR] Praise To God For A Living Hope [OR] A Living Hope (1Pe 1:3)
B.) Showing That Salvation In Christ Is A Thing Prophesied Of Old (1Pe 1:10)
1. Live Holy Lives (1Pe 1:13-21)
A.) Living Before God Our Father [OR] Be Holy [OR] A Call To Holy Living [OR] He Commands His Readers To Set Their Hope On God's Mercy Through Christ's Revelation (1Pe 1:13)
2. Love Each Other (1Pe 1:22-25)
A.) The Enduring Word (1Pe 1:22)
3. Live as God's Chosen People (1Pe 2:1-12)
A.) As Newborn Babes [OR] The Living Stone And A Chosen People [OR] He Dissuades Them From Evil Intent (1Pe 2:1)
B.) The Chosen Stone And His Chosen People [OR] The Living Stone And A Chosen People [OR] As Living Stones [OR] And Urges Them To Be Living Stones Of The Spiritual House Of Which Christ Is The Cornerstone (1Pe 2:4)
I.) The believer's life in view of his sevenfold position, and of the vicarious suffering of Christ (1Pe 2:9)
A.) Living Before The World [OR] Live As Servants Of God [OR] He Beseeches Them To Lead Exemplary, Upright Lives (1Pe 2:11)
C. Submission and God's Honor
[OR] Respect the Authority of Others
(1Pe 2:13-3:7)
A.) Submission To Government [OR] Submission To Rulers And Masters [OR] Honor Authority [OR] And To Be Obedient To Civil Authority (1Pe 2:13)
B.) Submission To Masters [OR] The Example Of Christ's Suffering [OR] He Teaches Servants To Obey Their Masters (1Pe 2:18)
C.) Even Suffering Patiently For Doing What Is Right, After The Example Of Christ (1Pe 2:20)
D.) The Vicarious Suffering Of Christ [OR] Christ Is Our Example (1Pe 2:21)
1.) Submission To Husbands [OR] Wives And Husbands [OR] Godly Living [OR] Peter Instructs Wives And Husbands Concerning Their Duty To Each Other (1Pe 3:1)
2.) A Word To Husbands (1Pe 3:7)
D. Suffering
and
Persecution (1Pe 3:8-5:11)
1. Dedicate Your Lives to Christ (1Pe 3:8-4:11)
1.) Called To Blessing [OR] Suffering For Doing Good [OR] Suffering For Doing Right [OR] He Exhorts All Men To Unity And Brotherly Love (1Pe 3:8)
2.) Suffering For Right And Wrong (1Pe 3:13)
3.) Revering Christ, Even In Persecution (1Pe 3:14)
A.) The Vicarious Suffering Of Christ, Preached By Christ Through The Spirit In Noah [OR] Christ's Suffering And Ours (1Pe 3:18)
1.) He Reveals Christ's Power For Salvation In Earlier Times As Well As At Present (1Pe 3:19)
2.) Living For God [OR] Keep Fervent In Your Love [OR] Good Stewards Of God's Grace [OR] As Christ Suffered For Us In The Flesh, We Must Follow His Example (1Pe 4:1)
3.) Serving For God's Glory (1Pe 4:7)
2. Share Christ's Sufferings (1Pe 4:12-19)
1.) Suffering For God's Glory [OR] Suffering For Being A Christian [OR] Share The Sufferings Of Christ [OR] Suffering As A Christian [OR] Peter Warns Them Of Trials To Come (1Pe 4:12)
3. Instructions for Spiritual Leaders (1Pe 5:1-4)
I.) Christian service in view of the coming again of the Chief Shepherd [OR] Shepherd the Flock [OR] To Elders and Young Men [OR] Serve God Willingly [OR] Tending the Flock of God [OR] He appeals to the elders to feed their flocks (1Pe 5:1)
4. Instructions for Christians (1Pe 5:5-11)
A.) Submit To God, Resist The Devil [OR] To The Younger Men To Obey The Elders (1Pe 5:5)
B.) And To All To Be Sober, Watchful, And Firm In The Faith (1Pe 5:8)
C.) They Must Resist Their Ruthless Adversary, The Devil (1Pe 5:9)
E. Conclusion
[OR]
Farewell
(1Pe 5:12-14)
A.) Farewell And Peace [OR] Final Greetings [OR] Final Greetings And Benediction (1Pe 5:12)
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