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These are "needs-based" epistles (personal letters) to a particular church. For an excellent defense of the Petrine authorship of these epistles, see here.
- 1 Peter 1:17
- Does God play favorites or not?
- 1 Peter 1:20
- Does this wrongly place us in the last days?
- 1 Peter 2:13
- Should we obey secular authorities, or not?
- 1 Peter 2:18
- Do we serve masters, or not?
- 1 Peter 3:15
- Does this mean no satire is allowed?
- 1 Peter 3:18-20
- Did Jesus descend into hell?
- 1 Peter 3:20-1
- Does this verse teach that baptism is needed for salvation? -- part of a broad article that also touches on the general faith-works relationship question. (For an added, particularly Mormon twist on this verse, look here.)
- 1 Peter 4:6
- Did Jesus preach to the dead?
- 1 Peter 4:7
- Does this wrongly place us in the last days?
- 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Peter 2:4
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour... If this is so, what about 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6, which refer to angels in chains? 1 Peter refers only to a specific being, the devil; 2 Peter (and Jude 6) refer to a group of fallen angels of which Satan is not a part. (For the background of these, see here.)
- 1 Peter 5:13
- At least one Skeptic places this passage against passages predicting Babylon's destruction. "Babylon" is figurative for Rome -- or perhaps Jerusalem -- as a city of evil or apostasy.
- 2 Peter 1:20
- hat is the relevance of this verse to inspiration?
- 2 Peter 2:15
- Balaam son of who?
- 2 Peter 3:4, 12
- Does this wrongly place us in the last days?
- 2 Peter 3:9
- TULIP analysis
- 2 Peter 3:10-11
- Will the earth pass away, or not?