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1-2 Peter and Jude, A 12-Week Study is unavailable, but you can change that!

1-2 Peter and Jude are letters written to churches experiencing various kinds of trials—false teachers, distorted views of the gospel, and harsh persecution. If 1 Peter exults, “Jesus will return!” and 2 Peter rebuffs the claim, “Jesus won’t return,” then Jude exhorts, “Jesus is just about here!” Together, these letters form a kind of manifesto of hope for living faithfully no matter how dark...

BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED. First Peter 2:21–25 pieces together passages from Isaiah 53, where the prophet predicts the coming of a suffering servant who would bear our griefs and sorrows, our sins and our transgressions, in order to win us peace with God. In 1 Peter 2:22, the suffering servant commits no sin, nor is deceit found in his mouth; Jesus was innocent and pure, a scorned yet spotless lamb, true to the end. In verse 23 he is reviled but does not revile in return; when
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