1 and 2 Peter
Lesson 1: God’s design for Holiness
Lesson 1: God’s design for Holiness Read 1 Peter 1:1-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.1 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit…
Lesson 2: Foundation for Holiness - Purity
Lesson 2: Foundation for holiness – purityRead 1 Peter 1:1-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope…
Lesson 3: Foundation for Holiness – Faith
Lesson 3: Foundation for holiness – faithRead 1 Peter 1:1-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.18 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible…
Lesson 4: Call to Holiness – Our Obedience
Lesson 4: Call to holiness – our obedienceRead 1 Peter 1:1-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.113 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the…
Lesson 5: Call to Holiness – His Plan
Lesson 5: Call to holiness – His planRead 1 Peter 1:1-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.120 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you21 who through him are be…
Lesson 6: Holiness in Action – Receiving His Provision
Lesson 6: Holiness in action – receiving His provisionRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.2 Like newborn infants, long for the…
Lesson 7: Holiness in Action – Understanding His Plan
Lesson 7: Holiness in action – understanding His planRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,5 you yourselves like…
Lesson 8: Holiness in Action – Committed to His Purpose
Lesson 8: Holiness in action – committed to His purposeRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim th…
Lesson 9: Holiness in Action – Secure in His Promises
Lesson 9: Holiness in action – secure in His promisesRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul…
Lesson 10: Holiness in Action – Submission to His Authority
Lesson 10: Holiness in action – submission to His authorityRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,14 or to…
Lesson 11: Holiness in Action – Faithful to His Administration
Lesson 11: Holiness in action – faithful to His administrationRead 1 Peter 2:1-25- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.2 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.1…
Lesson 12: Holiness in Action – Accountable to His Leadership
Lesson 12: Holiness in action – accountable to His leadershipRead 1 Peter 3:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.3 1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won wit…
Lesson 13: Holiness in Action – Committed to True Love
Lesson 13: Holiness in action – committed to true loveRead 1 Peter 3:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.3 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.9 Do not repay…
Lesson 14: Holiness in Action – Constantly Prepared
Lesson 14: Holiness in action – constantly preparedRead 1 Peter 3:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.3 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’…
Lesson 15: Holiness in Action – Following His Example
Lesson 15: Holiness in action – following His exampleRead 1 Peter 3:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.3 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to…
Lesson 16: How We are Set Apart – Not by Our Standards
Lesson 16: How we are set apart – not by our standardsRead 1 Peter 4:1-19- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.4 1 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in…
Lesson 17: How We Are Apart – As Servants
Lesson 17: How we are apart – as servantsRead 1 Peter 4:1-19- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.4 7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.8 Above all, keep…
Lesson 18: How We are Apart – In Faith
Lesson 18: How we are apart – in faithRead 1 Peter 4:1-19- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.4 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.1…
Lesson 19: Purpose for Being Set Apart – Servant-Leadership
Lesson 19: Purpose for being set apart – servant-leadershipRead 1 Peter 5:1-14- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.5 1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partak…
Lesson 20: Purpose for Being Set Apart – For Victory
Lesson 20: Purpose for being set apart – for victoryRead 1 Peter 5:1-14- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1pe.5 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,7 casting all…
Lesson 21: Diligence to Our Call
Lesson 21: Diligence to our callRead 2 Peter 1:1-21- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.1 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our…
Lesson 22: Diligence to Grow in Him
Lesson 22: Diligence to grow in HimRead 2 Peter 1:1-21- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.1 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,6 and knowledge with self-cont…
Lesson 23: Diligence No Matter What Happens
Lesson 23: Diligence no matter what happensRead 2 Peter 1:1-21- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.1 12 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.13…
Lesson 24: Diligent Study of Scripture
Lesson 24: Diligent study of ScriptureRead 2 Peter 1:1-21- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.1 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewi…
Lesson 25: Diligence to His Truth
Lesson 25: Diligence to His truthRead 2 Peter 2:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.2 1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresi…
Lesson 26: Diligently Understanding Biblical Examples
Lesson 26: Diligently understanding Biblical examplesRead 2 Peter 2:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.24 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be…
Lesson 27: Diligence in Facing Temptation
Lesson 27: Diligence in facing temptationRead 2 Peter 2:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.211 Whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.12 But these,…
Lesson 28: Diligence to His Path
Lesson 28: Diligence to His pathRead 2 Peter 2:1-22- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.217 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.18 For, speaking loud boasts…
Lesson 29: Diligence to Our True Home
Lesson 29: Diligence to our true homeRead 2 Peter 3:1-18- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.3 1This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,2 …
Lesson 30: Diligence Through Time
Lesson 30: Diligence through timeRead 2 Peter 3:1-18- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.3 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.9 The Lor…
Lesson 31: Diligence in Stability
Lesson 31: Diligence in stabilityRead 2 Peter 3:1-18- https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2pe.3 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.15 And count…
1 and 2 Peter - Holiness and Diligence
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