FirstPeter focuses on the importance of believers bearing up under unjust suffering yet continuing to live well (1 Peter 2:20). In this way, 1 Peter might be called the Job of the New Testament, providing encouragement for the true believer to continue on in the way that Jesus has laid out for all His followers. The endurance Peter called
Theword about Satan (5:8) recalls Jesusâ warning that Satan would âsiftâ Peter like wheat (Luke 22:31). The verb, âto perfectâ (5:10) is the same word translated âmending their netsâ (Matt. 4:21) when the Lord called Peter to follow Him. So Peter wrote out of his own experiences with Jesus Christ. He was a witness (5:1).
1Peter 5:10English Standard Version. 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESVÂŽ Text. 105 211 371 344 218 235 12 243 248