1 Peter

Living As Obedient Children

Review: The Roadmap

• We've been born again to to a living hope & secure inheritance [1:3]
• so, set your hope fully on the coming grace [1:13]
• and, after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [5:10]

Group Study

• Read: 1 Peter 1:14-2:3
• Answer:
  • Who's the father?
  • What mold do you need to break?
  • How does Peter characterize how much you used to know?
  • What's the family likeness?
  • What is the "if" argument in 1:17-20?
  • What does he say about dealing with our siblings?
  • What was the birth like?
  • What should we leave behind?
  • How do we grow up strong?
  • How does "infancy" here relate to Ephesians 4:13 and 1 Corinthians 3:1-2?
  • What's the "if" mean in 2:3?

Spiritual Milk

• What is the milk?
• What is 'spiritual' about it?
• Are we not saved until we're "grown up"?

See Also

Greek Text Analysis of 2:2