1 Peter
5 chapter
1 Peter: The whole book, chapter by chapter
1 Peter 1
1 Peter 1 opens in verse 1 with “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 13 with “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace…”, and closes in verse 25 with “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is…” Repeated or prominent terms include Christ, Jesus, glory, holy, faith. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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1 Peter 2 opens in verse 1 with “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 13 with “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the…”, and closes in verse 25 with “For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of…” Repeated or prominent terms include stone, people, precious, well, acceptable. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
One complete chapter pageOpen chapter →Chapter 31 Peter 3
1 Peter 3 opens in verse 1 with “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 11 with “Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.”, and closes in verse 22 with “Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and…” Repeated or prominent terms include evil, good, Lord, Christ, conversation. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
One complete chapter pageOpen chapter →Chapter 41 Peter 4
1 Peter 4 opens in verse 1 with “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 10 with “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good…”, and closes in verse 19 with “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their…” Repeated or prominent terms include flesh, Christ, strange, suffer, time. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
One complete chapter pageOpen chapter →Chapter 51 Peter 5
1 Peter 5 opens in verse 1 with “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 7 with “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”, and closes in verse 14 with “Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ…” Repeated or prominent terms include glory, Christ, grace, Amen, elder. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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