My Current Situation and 1 Peter, Pt. 5
Here's a summarization of the last chapter of 1 Peter.
I'll try to conclude the study with one more post, to follow.
Chapter 5 breaks down a bit more finely...
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5:1-4 concerns the conduct of Christian leaders.
Peter encourages the elders, among whom he identifies himself merely as "your fellow elder," to uphold "the flock of God among you" with cheerfulness and humility, as an example, and as a subordinate shepherd to the coming "Chief Shepherd."
5:5-7 concerns a conduct of humility.
All are instructed to be humble toward each other, especially the youth toward their elders. God is appealed to, as are both the reward and the comfort He affords the humble.
5:8-9 concerns a call to vigilance, concerning Satan.
The dangerous patrol of Satan is noted, calling for sobriety, alertness, and resistance in the form of conviction in the good faith of both God and the whole body of brethren.
5:10-11 concerns the close of the text's main body.
5:10 mirrors 1:6-9, similarly describing a suffering to be had "for a little while," but resulting in glory and in God.
5:12-13 concerns administrative notes.
5:14 concerns the final blessing.
"Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ."
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Yours,
Jake
I'll try to conclude the study with one more post, to follow.
Chapter 5 breaks down a bit more finely...
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5:1-4 concerns the conduct of Christian leaders.
Peter encourages the elders, among whom he identifies himself merely as "your fellow elder," to uphold "the flock of God among you" with cheerfulness and humility, as an example, and as a subordinate shepherd to the coming "Chief Shepherd."
5:5-7 concerns a conduct of humility.
All are instructed to be humble toward each other, especially the youth toward their elders. God is appealed to, as are both the reward and the comfort He affords the humble.
5:8-9 concerns a call to vigilance, concerning Satan.
The dangerous patrol of Satan is noted, calling for sobriety, alertness, and resistance in the form of conviction in the good faith of both God and the whole body of brethren.
5:10-11 concerns the close of the text's main body.
5:10 mirrors 1:6-9, similarly describing a suffering to be had "for a little while," but resulting in glory and in God.
5:12-13 concerns administrative notes.
5:14 concerns the final blessing.
"Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ."
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Yours,
Jake