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Peter (d. c. 64 AD) Illiterate (Acts 4: 13) Silvanus (1 Pet 5: 12)

Peter (d. c. 64 AD) Illiterate (Acts 4: 13) Silvanus (1 Pet 5: 12) 1 Pet written at end of 1st c. AD. 2 Pet written early 2nd c. AD, aware of 1 Pet (2 Pet 3: 1). 1 Peter. To “exiles” and “aliens” (1 Pet 1: 1, 17; 2: 11) Problem of Christian suffering (1 Pet 4: 4, 12)

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Peter (d. c. 64 AD) Illiterate (Acts 4: 13) Silvanus (1 Pet 5: 12)

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  1. Peter (d. c. 64 AD) Illiterate (Acts 4: 13) Silvanus (1 Pet 5: 12) 1 Pet written at end of 1st c. AD. 2 Pet written early 2nd c. AD, aware of 1 Pet (2 Pet 3: 1)

  2. 1 Peter To “exiles” and “aliens” (1 Pet 1: 1, 17; 2: 11) Problem of Christian suffering (1 Pet 4: 4, 12) Privileged position of Christians (1 Pet 2: 4-10) Imitating Christ (1 Pet 4: 12-16) Christians needing to defend selves verbally (1 Pet 3: 14-17)

  3. 1 Peter Avoid suffering by avoiding provoking secular authorities (1 Pet 2: 11-17) Encouragement of future reward (1 Pet 1: 1-9). Suffering as test End of time approaching (1 Pet 4: 17; 5: 10)

  4. 2 Peter Intra-Christian conflict, recalling Jn, 1 Cor, mostly stemming from differences about leadership, doctrine, ethics 2 Pet: Proto-Orthodox vs. Gnostics? Author trying to prove Petrine authorship (2 Pet 1: 16-18)

  5. 2 Peter “Cleverly devised myths” - of Gnostics? Interpretation of scripture only allowed under church control (2 Pet 1: 20-21) Criticism of distorting writings of Paul (2 Pet 3: 15-16) Depiction of opponents (2 Pet 2: 1, 3-10, 18, 21-22)

  6. 2 Peter The end of the world is (still) nigh (2 Pet 3: 1-4, 8-13)

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