1 & 2 Peter and Jude (Biblia.com)

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1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude Besieged on all sides, the early church faced external and internal threats. Followers of Christ could easily have been defeated or diverted. A distinct minority in a pagan society, they could have capitulated to their culture. But, challenged by God through these holy writers and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, they stood fast, even unto death. We, too, live in a...

suffered in the flesh has finished with sin. The question arises, if the believers were to arm themselves to suffer in order to stay away from sin, how could that be suffering as Christ suffered? How did Christ’s suffering accomplish his being “finished with sin”? Taken alone, this phrase sounds as though Peter was saying that suffering cleanses people from sinning. We know that is not the case, however, because many people have suffered for the Lord, yet are not completely cleansed of sin, for no

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