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Addressed to persecuted believers, Peter’s first letter encourages them with the knowledge that it is possible to live victoriously in the midst of hostility—just as Christ did. He exhorts them to live a holy life, in order to evangelize the world through their faithfulness. In his second epistle, Peter warns against more subtle dangers from within the church—false teachers and errant doctrine....

to live in wickedness or disobedience of any kind, but in obedience and holiness. You are called to be servants of God; this is your freedom. The apostles of this Gospel of freedom gloried in the title, “the servants of Jesus Christ.” David, now settled on his throne, before a psalm of praise for his victories, prefixes that title as more important than everything else: “David the servant of the LORD” (Psalm 18:1, introduction). The only true happiness, both of kings and their subjects, is to be
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