1 Peter
New Testament · General Letters · 5 chapters
Encouragement to Christians facing hostility: a living hope, holy living and following Christ’s example in suffering.
HolinessHopeSuffering
Context
- Genre
- Letter
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to PeterSome scholars propose that a disciple wrote in his name.
- Audience
- Communities of Asia Minor.
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- παρεπίδημοςparepidemos — sojourner, stranger
- Related texts
- Acts 10 · Peter and Cornelius2 Peter 1–3 · the second letter