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1 & 2 Peter: Verse by Verse
Peter wrote to believers living as exiles: scattered, pressured, and sometimes persecuted. His two letters give them a living hope, a call to holiness and humility, a way to face suffering, and a warning about false teachers. The class studied them one chapter at a time in November and December 2025.
Lessons, in order
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1 Peter 1: Born Again to a Living Hope
November 16, 2025
Peter writes to scattered believers: you are born again to a living hope, kept by God, refined by trials, and called to be holy.
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1 Peter 2: Living Stones and Royal Priests
November 23, 2025
God is the Master Builder. Christ is the cornerstone, we are living stones and a royal priesthood, and Peter shows how to live honorably in a hostile world.
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1 Peter 3: The Challenging and Counter-Cultural Waters
November 30, 2025
Wives and husbands, one mind and a blessing for evil, a ready answer for our hope, and one of the hardest passages in the letter: Christ, Noah and the water.
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1 Peter 4: Living for God in the Last Days
December 7, 2025
Suffering is not wasted. Live for the will of God with holiness, love, hospitality and humility, and rejoice when you share Christ’s sufferings.
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1 Peter 5: Shepherds, Suffering, and the God of Grace
December 14, 2025
Shepherding is humility and service under the Chief Shepherd. God opposes the proud, cares for the anxious, and restores those who stand firm.
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2 Peter 1: Eyewitnesses and the Prophetic Word
December 21, 2025
Peter reminds believers of everything God has given, urges them to grow in Christlike qualities, and anchors the gospel in eyewitness testimony and the prophetic word.
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2 Peter 2–3: False Teachers and the Day of the Lord
December 28, 2025
Peter warns about false teachers, reminds us how God judges and rescues, answers scoffers, and calls us to holy living as we wait for the day of the Lord.