1 Peter

Submitting to all Human Institutions

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 2:11-3:17
• Answer:
  1. What does it mean to be 'subject' to someone? 2.14
     • Are we 'servants' or 'slaves'?
     • Aren't we 'free in Christ'?
     • How do we reconcile this with 1 Corinthians 7:23?
     • Ὑποτάγητε vs δοῦλος
  2. To whom are we to be subject? 2.14
     • To The Institute for Functional Medicine?
     • To McDonald's?
     • To The City Council?
     • 'every human institution'
       • Greek: πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κτίσει
       • Literally:
         • every
         • of-man
         • creation/founding (from a PIE word for "to-settle")
     • We don't have an emperor/king ... does this apply to elected officials? (ἡγεμών)
  3. Why are we to be 'subject'?
     • per 2.14?
     • per 2.15? (see φιμοῦν)
     • per 2.16?
     • per 3.14?
     • per 3.17?
     • How does this relate to Romans 13:4?
  4. What does this tell us about human government?
     • Its origin
     • Its purpose
  5. Do the scriptures distinguish between our role as individuals and the role of those in government?

See Also

• biblehub.org's multi-translation and greek text analysis views
• definitions of κτίσει at wiktionary.org and greeklexicon.org