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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...

GUIDANCE FOR GROWING CHRISTIANS / 1:3–21 1:3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. NRSV The word his refers back to God and Jesus Christ (being one person, see 1:1). God’s divine power, or the divine power that Jesus Christ shares with God, is the power well-known to believers, for it raised Christ from the dead. The word us refers to all believers—Peter, the other apostles, and all readers
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