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The letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude are often grouped together and called the general, or catholic, epistles because they are not addressed to a single congregation. Peter, James, and John are familiar names to readers of the New Testament. The book of Jude warns us against false teachers.

sins of the world. But there is a second meaning, and Peter describes it in this section on our response to the mighty objective truths of the gospel described in 3:18–22. The second implication is that just as Christ sacrificed his body for us, we need to be ready to sacrifice earthly gain and physical desires in order to place spiritual priorities first. That’s what Peter means when he says, “He who has suffered in his body is done with sin.” That doesn’t mean that our personal suffering brings
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