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  1. He used the name of the ancient Mesopotamian city as a stand-in for Rome, the modern city that, like Babylon, gave itself over to idol worship and false gods. While the fact is not recorded in the Bible, Peter has long been thought to have spent his final years serving the church in Rome.

  2. The events described in 1 Peter take place in the Roman province of Asia Minor. 1 Peter was likely composed between 61 and 64 C.E. Literary Styles. The book of 1 Peter is a letter written in prose discourse. Key Themes. The new identity of God’s family. Jesus as the new temple. The hope of Jesus’ future return. Structure. 1 Peter has four parts.

  3. Jan 17, 2014 · 1. The Self-witness of the book: This offers a very strong case for Petrine authorship: a. The letter claims to be from “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ” (1:1) b. The writer claims to be the readers “fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed” (5:1) c.

  4. By the end of the second century, all but seven books (Hebrews, 2 and 3 John, 2 Peter, Jude, James, and Revelation) were recognized as apostolic. By the end of the fourth century, all twenty-seven books in our present canon were recognized by all the churches of the West.

  5. Peter was called to follow Christ in His early ministry ( Mark 1:16, 17 ), and was later appointed to apostleship ( Matt. 10:2; Mark 3:14–16 ). Christ renamed him Peter, or Cephas, both words meaning “stone” or “rock” ( John 1:42 ).

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  7. Much of what is generally regarded as most distinctive in the theology of St. Paul is worked out in opposition to a peculiarly Jewish religious legalism, which was of no concern to the Gentiles for whom First Peter is written. Even so, the book is strongly marked by the impress of Pauline theological ideas, and in language the dependence upon ...

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