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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...

2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house Here Peter extends the stone metaphor to his audience. Like Jesus they are living stones. God is building them into a spiritual house.10 Ancient readers, whether Jewish or pagan in background, would recognize this as a reference to a temple, especially in the context of priests and sacrifices (see the rest of the verse). Peter is not the only New Testament author to describe the church as a temple. It is a common idea found
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