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These two letters of Peter were written to first century Christians needing clear instruction about their faith in Christ. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, these letters have remained timeless. No matter which period of church history one might want to discuss, these letters fit well. Christian character, holiness, the Day of Judgment, and the Second Coming are always important to the proper...

2:11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, “Dear friends” translates ἀγαπητοί (agapētoi), literally “beloved.” This is a common term in the New Testament, used first of Jesus as God’s “beloved” Son and then of Christians. It presumably expresses primarily Peter’s relationship to his readers (cf. 1 Thess 2:8, “you had become so dear [beloved] to us”), but may also connote the fact that they are loved by God.26 As Peter exhorts his readers, he describes them as “aliens
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