1 Peter Study
Read 1 Peter Chapter 5
- Begin your session with prayer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal Scripture to you, to give the text meaning, and to have a spirit of learning. Pray for God to be present and open. Write down anything revealed in your prayer time.
- Read 1 Peter Chapter 5 (read slowly and pray that God will reveal the main points and right them down. Read through more than once if necessary and go back through the main points. Feel free to read before and after the selected text to gain insight.
- In verses 1-4 Peter writes about the leadership of the church. What are some of the specific characteristics that pastors and leaders within the church should have?
- In verses 5-7 Peter instructs the young men (we can include women) in how they should act. How does Peter illustrate this, as well as what we should be doing with the stress in our life?
- In verses 8-9 Peter tells us about the character of the devil and how he works. How is this relevant to us today?
- In verses 10-11 Peter informs us of more suffering. How can we relate this suffering to our current day suffering? Who has the power to see us through? (Also see 1 Peter 1:6 and 1 Thessalonians 2:12)
- In verse 12 Peter introduces Silas as the one who is helping him. What is the importance of Silas’ involvement as well as his purpose for writing this letter?
- In verse 13 Peter talks about the church in Rome as well as a son, Mark. Go back to Acts 12: 6-20 to read about Peter’s escape and his possible son “John Mark”. Why would this be important?
- In verse 14 Peter closes with a familiar greeting and blessing to the church of Jesus Christ. See Romans 16:16 and Ephesians 6:23 to see some of Paul’s references to the same blessing. Why is it important for us to “stick together”?
- How has this study of 1 Peter helped you see God in your life and in your Christian journey of faith?
- Close your time in prayer. Pray for each other. Take prayer requests and make sure to pray for each other every day until you meet again!
- Have a great week! Keep your personal study habits. Read more. Pray More. Be Blessed!
Read 1 Peter Chapter 4
- Begin your session with prayer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal Scripture to you, to give the text meaning, and to have a spirit of learning. Pray for God to be present and open. Write down anything revealed in your prayer time.
- Read 1 Peter Chapter 4 (read slowly and pray that God will reveal the main points and right them down. Read through more than once if necessary and go back through the main points. Feel free to read before and after the selected text to gain insight.
- In verses 1-3 Peter comes back to Christ willing to suffer, and our desire should be the same. How can we put the old life aside and be ready to suffer?
- In verses 3-6 Peter writes about a common problem and that is peer pressure. How can our old friends or lives make an impact on where we have been, and yet Christ makes an impact on where we are going?
- In verses 7-9 Peter speaks of an end to the world. How should our lives reflect the news of this impending doom?
- In verses 10-11 Peter speaks of using our gifts wisely. How can we find our gifts and use them to further the kingdom of God through Christ? Also reference Romans 12: 6-8
- In verses 12-13 Peter again speaks of suffering and trials. How can we possibly be “glad” in the middle of our suffering?
- In verses 13-17, Peter speaks again to the heart of doing right in the face of adversity and persecution. How is our life supposed to look to those who do evil against us? How are we to treat our enemies?
- In verses 14-19 Peter outlines the things that we should suffer for, and the things we should not. Why is it so important to pay attention to what we are suffering for? Could it be our own choices? (1 Peter 2: 20 & Proverbs 11:31)
- How does 1 Peter Chapter 4 help you relate to your life and your Christian journey of faith?
- Close your time in prayer. Pray for each other. Take prayer requests and make sure to pray for each other every day until you meet again!
- Have a great week! Keep your personal study habits. Read more. Pray More. Be Blessed!
Read 1 Peter Chapter 3
- Begin your session with prayer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal Scripture to you, to give the text meaning, and to have a spirit of learning. Pray for God to be present and open. Write down anything revealed in your prayer time.
- Read 1 Peter Chapter 3 (read slowly and pray that God will reveal the main points and right them down. Read through more than once if necessary and go back through the main points. Feel free to read before and after the selected text to gain insight.
- In an attempt to understand where Peter was coming from, why would he choose to comment on how wives and husbands were to treat each other? Think “their culture” not ours.
- In verses 1-7 Peter uses the family dynamic as a way to show how to live a Christian life. How does he do that?
- In 8 Peter lists five key ways in which followers of Christ should be characterized. What are they and how do we fit into each of them?
- In verses 10-12, Peter goes back to Psalm 34: 12-16. Is there a significance to Peter returning to the Psalms here?
- In verses 10–12 Peter has another list of things to do from Psalm 34. How can we achieve these things and allow them to be part of our prayers and our life? (James 3: 2-18 for more reference)
- In verses 13-17, Peter speaks again to the heart of doing right in the face of adversity and persecution. How is our life supposed to look to those who do evil against us? How are we to treat our enemies?
- In verses 18-22, Peter is moving us to see the sacrifice of Christ and understand the depth of love He has for us. How can we look at this passage in fullness to understand what Jesus has accomplished for us? (Matthew 27: 52-53)
- How does 1 Peter Chapter 3 help you relate to your life and your Christian journey of faith?
- Close your time in prayer. Pray for each other. Take prayer requests and make sure to pray for each other every day until you meet again!
- Have a great week! Keep your personal study habits. Read more. Pray More. Be Blessed!
Read 1 Peter Chapter 2
- Begin your session with prayer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal Scripture to you, to give the text meaning, and to have a spirit of learning. Pray for God to be present and open. Write down anything revealed in your prayer time.
- Read 1 Peter Chapter 2 (read slowly and pray that God will reveal the main points and right them down. Read through more than once if necessary and go back through the main points. Feel free to read before and after the selected text to gain insight.
- When we are born we have an innate desire to grow up. How is Peter explaining our growing up in our spiritual birth?
- How can we possibly be called to be “living stones” in the spiritual temple that God is building, what we would normally call it “the Church”?
- In verses 6-8 Peter is reflecting upon the conversation that he had with Jesus in which Jesus told him that he would be the rock on which the church would be built. What is the stone that really counts in the building of the church?
- In verses 9-10, Peter mentions that we are all priests. In what ways are we all to be priests?
- In verses 11–12 Peter calls the people of God aliens and foreigners yet again. How are we called to live in light of being strangers in a world that may not want us or recognize us?
- In verses 13-17, Peter is asking his readers to submit to the civil authorities of the time. How can this reflect to us today? How is he asking us to submit to civil authorities and yet keep God as the king of our lives? (use Acts 5:29 and Romans 13:1 for reflection)
- In verses 18-21, Peter is relating to many readers that were caught up in slavery. How can we relate to this text even though we may not be slaves to people? – (Paul uses this also in Ephesians 6: 5-9 / Colossians 3:22 – 4:15)
- How does 1 Peter Chapter 2 help you relate to your life and your Christian journey of faith?
- Close your time in prayer. Pray for each other. Take prayer requests and make sure to pray for each other every day until you meet again!
- Have a great week! Keep your personal study habits. Read more. Pray More. Be Blessed!
The apostle Peter wrote this letter to encourage believers who would likely face trials and persecution under Emperor Nero. During most of the first century, Christians were not hunted down and killed throughout the Roman Empire. They could, however, expect social and economic persecution from three main sources: the Romans, the Jews, and their own families. All would likely be misunderstood, some would be harassed, a few would be tortured and even put to death.
Peter wanted to warn them about what lay ahead, and they needed his encouraging words to help them face opposition. This letter is still helpful for any Christians facing trials. Many Christians around the world are living under governments more repressive than the Roman Empire of the first century. Christians everywhere are subject to misunderstanding, ridicule, and even harassment by unbelieving friends, employers, and family members. None of us are exempt from catastrophe, pain, illness, and death – trials that, like persecution, make us lean heavily on God’s grace.
- Chapter 1 – Hope of Eternal Life / Call to Holy Living
- Chapter 2 – Living Stones / Respecting People in Authority / Slaves
- Chapter 3 – Wives / Husbands / All Christians / Suffering for Doing Good
- Chapter 4 – Living for God / Suffering for Being a Christian
- Chapter 5 – Advice for Elders and Young Men / Peter’s Final Greetings
Read 1 Peter Chapter 1
- Begin your session with prayer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal Scripture to you, to give the text meaning, and to have a spirit of learning. Pray for God to be present and open. Write down anything revealed in your prayer time.
- Read 1 Peter Chapter 1 (read slowly and pray that God will reveal the main points and right them down. Read through more than once if necessary and go back through the main points. Feel free to read before and after the selected text to gain insight.
- Peter begins by considering himself an apostle of Jesus Christ and calls God’s chosen people foreigners. What is the importance of both?
- Single out Peter’s words of encouragement in verses 3-6 and write down the ones that stand out most to you.
- Why were Christians the target of persecution? Do you believe that there is still persecution where you live?
- Verses 10-11, Peter talks about the prophets wanting to know salvation. How did Peter and the apostles know for sure of their salvation?
- Verses 13 – 16 Peter talks about living holy. What are some of the ways in which we can do this?
- Verses 16-18 Peter equates being a Christian as being a “ransomed” slave. How can we relate to this and use Romans 6: 6-7 as reference?
- In verses 24-25, Peter is quoting the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 40: 6-8). How can we reflect on the words of Isaiah in regards to our temporary stay here on earth?
- How does 1 Peter Chapter 1 help you relate to your life and your Christian journey of faith?
- Close your time in prayer. Pray for each other. Take prayer requests and make sure to pray for each other every day until you meet again!
Have a great week! Keep your personal study habits. Read more. Pray More. Be Blessed!
