1 Peter

As Sojourners and Exiles

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 2:9-17
• Answer:
  1. What's a "race" (γένος)? 1:9
  2. In what way is this race "chosen"? 1:9
  3. What is a "royal" priesthood? 1:9
  4. What's a "holy nation" (ἔθνος ἅγιον)? How is that different from "race"? 1:9
  5. What's a "people" (λαὸς)? How is that different from "race" or "nation"? 1:9
  6. For what purpose does this race/priesthood/nation/people exist? 1:9
  7. How is it that you once "were not a people"? 2:10
  8. What is a "sojourner"? 2:11
  9. What are the "passions of the flesh"?
  10. How do they "wage war against your soul"?
  11. Who are "the Gentiles" (τοῖς ἔθνεσιν)? Is this a Jewish vs Non-Jewish thing?2:12
  12. Why would someone "speak against you as evildoers", then turn around and "see your good deeds and glorify God"? 2:12
  13. What is the "day of visitation"?2:12

See Also

• Definition of παρεπίδημος (the word translated "sojourner")