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Introduction to the First Epistle of Peter
The Apostle Peter probably wrote what you

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are about to hear while he was in Rome in
the early A.D.

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60s.

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As you listen to his words, keep in mind
that Peter knew what it meant to deny

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Jesus, to endure beatings, to be
threatened, and in just a few years he

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would be martyred for his loyalty to
Christ.

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He had also seen his friends die and the
church scattered.

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But Peter knew Christ, and nothing could
shake his confidence in his risen Lord.

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So Peter wrote to the suffering church
that was spread throughout several

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provinces of the Roman world.

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He comforts them with the hope of eternal
life and challenges them to live holy

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lives, loyal to Christ.

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Notice as you listen how Peter explains
that those who suffer as followers of

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Christ become partners with Christ,
who suffered for us.