to some degree. It is a word to Israel and not to us. That is hardly the opinion here. A study of 1 Peter is an opportunity to discover how the early church interpreted the Hebrew Scriptures as applying to itself in a profound way. Christians really interpreted themselves in the light of those ancient writings. Much that is essential to the biblical view of the nature of the church is to be found in this brief letter, and much of it is unintelligible without
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