I Peter – Salvation
v.3 – Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, v.4 – and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, v5 – who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. v.6 – In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. v.7 – These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. v.8 – Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, v.9 – for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. v.10 – Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, v.11 – trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. v.12 – It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
I Peter 1
v.22 – Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. v.23 – For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. v.24 – For,
“All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that
was preached to you.
I Peter 2
1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,
so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted
that the Lord is good.
I Peter 2
7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not
believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,” 8and,
“A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey
the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out
of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now
you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have
received mercy.
I Peter 2
24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to
sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
I Peter 3
17It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing
evil. 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made
alive by the Spirit, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits
in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of
Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all,
were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves
you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good
conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels,
authorities and powers in submission to him.
I Peter 4
17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it
begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the
gospel of God? 18And,
“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit
themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
June 08 2010 12:59 pm | New Testament - Salvation