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* CallBack: To Genesis in the first epistle, as Peter alludes to the Great Flood that God unleashed on mankind and how Noah and his family were saved through it as a picture of how water baptism now saves believers.

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To Genesis in the first epistle, as Peter alludes to the Great Flood that God unleashed on mankind and how Noah and his family were saved through it as a picture of how water baptism now saves believers.believers.
** To Isaiah, when he says that "by His stripes you are healed" and that "you were like sheep that have gone astray".
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: 1st Peter 3:9 warns against this, saying:
-->'' Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.''
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* NoWomansLand: Peter's message to wives in 1st Peter 3:1-6, like Paul's message in [[Literature/BookOfEphesians Ephesians]] and [[Literature/BookOfColossians Colossians]], is often {{quote mine}}d into saying that the wives must always be submissive unto their husbands, but like Paul, Peter follows it up in verse 7 with a message to the husbands to "give honor unto the wife, as unto a weaker vessel, and as co-heirs to the grace of life" so that their prayers are not hindered or cut off.
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Peter warns his readers in his second epistle that "we have not followed cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty."

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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Peter warns his readers in his second epistle that "we have not followed cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty."" He also says that none of the prophecies of Scripture were anything that any man of God had made up from his own understanding, but were what they spoke as they were moved along by the Holy Spirit.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: 1 Peter 4:15 states: "by no means let any of you suffer as a murderer or thief or evildoer or a troublesome meddler."
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* FallenAngel: Peter mentions angels that have sinned that were cast down to Hell (Tartarus in the Greek) to be held in chains for the day of judgment in his second epistle.

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* FallenAngel: Peter mentions angels that have sinned that were cast down to Hell (Tartarus in the Greek) to be [[SupernormalBindings held in chains chains]] for the day of judgment in his second epistle.
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* ExtranormalPrison: 1st Peter 3:19-20 says that Jesus went to preach to "the spirits in prison, who in times past were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water."
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* ImHavingSoulPains: Peter in his second epistle speaks of Lot being tormented in his soul by seeing and hearing the lawless deeds of the people in Sodom.
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* {{Pride}}: Peter in his first epistle quotes from the Literature/BookOfProverbs, saying that "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

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* {{Pride}}: Peter in his first epistle quotes from the Literature/BookOfProverbs, Literature/BookOfProverbs to deal with this issue among believers, saying that "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Peter in his second epistle refutes the idea that God is slow in bringing His coming judgment to the world by saying instead of being slow as people would count slowness, He is being patient, desiring for none to perish and for all to come to repentance.

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Peter in his second epistle refutes the idea that God is slow in bringing His coming judgment to the world by saying instead of being slow as people would count slowness, He is being patient, [[GodIsGood desiring for none to perish and for all to come to repentance.repentance]].
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* {{Pride}}: Peter in his first epistle quotes from the Literature/BookOfProverbs, saying that "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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* SymbolicBaptism: Peter in his first epistle says that water baptism is "not washing off the dirt from the body, but a response to God from a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
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* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: From 1st Peter 3:3-4, to wives and women:
-->'' Do not let your adorning be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine clothing. But let it be the hidden nature of the heart, that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.''

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Peter in his second epistle refutes the idea that God is slow in bringing His coming judgment to the world by saying instead of being slow as people would count slowness, He is being patient, desiring for none to perish and for all to come to repentance.



* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Peter in his second epistle refutes the idea that God is slow in bringing His coming judgment to the world by saying instead of being slow as people would count slowness, He is being patient, desiring for none to perish and for all to come to repentance.
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* SinisterMinister: Peter warns his readers about false teachers who bring [[UsefulNotes/HeresiesAndHeretics destructive heresies]] in the second chapter of his second epistle.

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* SinisterMinister: Peter warns his readers about false teachers who bring [[UsefulNotes/HeresiesAndHeretics destructive heresies]] in the second chapter of his second epistle. He also warns about those who are untrained and unstable in their faith that twist the words of Paul the apostle, as they do the other Scriptures, that they do so to their own destruction.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Peter in his first epistle says that suffering punishment for the sake of doing good is commendable before God, as Jesus Christ also suffered for doing good.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: A warning to believers from 1st Peter 4:17-18:
-->''For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God, and if it begins first with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"''
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Peter in his second epistle refutes the idea that God is slow in bringing His coming judgment to the world by saying instead of being slow as people would count slowness, He is being patient, desiring for none to perish and for all to come to repentance.
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* SetTheWorldOnFire: In the third chapter of his second epistle, Peter warns that God is going to destroy both the heavens and the earth that exists now with fire. Bible students are divided over whether that means complete annihilation of God's creation or just the burning away of the world's works to [[RestartTheWorld bring forth "the new earth"]].

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* SetTheWorldOnFire: In the third chapter of his second epistle, Peter warns that God is going to destroy both the heavens and the earth that exists now with fire. Bible students are divided over whether that means [[ApocalypseHow complete annihilation of God's creation creation]] or just [[WorldWreckingWave the burning away of the world's works works]] to [[RestartTheWorld bring forth "the new earth"]].
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* {{Greed}}: From 2nd Peter 2:3:

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* {{Greed}}: From 2nd Peter 2:3:2:3 about "false teachers":

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* LoveRedeems: From 1st Peter 4:8:
-->''Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.''



* ThePowerOfLove: From 1st Peter 4:8:
-->''Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.''
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* FallenAngel: Peter mentions angels that have sinned that were cast down to Hell (Tartarus in the Greek) to be held in chains for the day of judgment in his second epistle.
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* {{Satan}}: Peter warns his readers in his first epistle that Satan goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whomever to devour, and that they should stand steadfast against him.
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* CallBack: To Genesis in the first epistle, as Peter alludes to the Great Flood that God unleashed on mankind and how Noah and his family were saved through it as a picture of how water baptism now saves believers.
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* SinisterMinister: Peter warns his readers about false teachers who bring [[TheHeretic destructive heresies]] in the second chapter of his second epistle.

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* SinisterMinister: Peter warns his readers about false teachers who bring [[TheHeretic [[UsefulNotes/HeresiesAndHeretics destructive heresies]] in the second chapter of his second epistle.
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* TheEndIsNigh: Peter addresses those who are either mockers or possibly suffering from "end-time fatigue", wondering when "the promise of [the Lord's] coming" is supposed to happen, in the third chapter of his second epistle by saying that the Lord's coming will happen, whether that be immediately soon or many years from now, but [[YouCantChangeFate it will still happen]].

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* TheEndIsNigh: Peter addresses those who are either mockers or possibly suffering from "end-time fatigue", wondering when "the promise of [the Lord's] coming" is supposed to happen, in the third chapter of his second epistle by saying that the Lord's coming will happen, whether that be immediately soon or many years from now, but [[YouCantChangeFate [[YouCantFightFate it will still happen]].
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* TheEndIsNigh: Peter addresses those who are either mockers or possibly suffering from "end-time fatigue", wondering when "the promise of [the Lord's] coming" is supposed to happen, in the third chapter of his second epistle by saying that the Lord's coming will happen, whether that be immediately soon or many years from now, but [[YouCantChangeFate it will still happen]].
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* SinisterMinister: Peter warns his readers about false teachers who bring [[TheHeretic destructive heresies]] in the second chapter of his second epistle.
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* SetTheWorldOnFire: In the third chapter of his second epistle, Peter warns that God is going to destroy both the heavens and the earth that exists now with fire.

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* SetTheWorldOnFire: In the third chapter of his second epistle, Peter warns that God is going to destroy both the heavens and the earth that exists now with fire. Bible students are divided over whether that means complete annihilation of God's creation or just the burning away of the world's works to [[RestartTheWorld bring forth "the new earth"]].
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Two of the General Epistles that make up the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. The first epistle was written by the hand of one of Peter's disciples, while the second was written by Peter himself shortly before his death.
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!!These books provide examples of:
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Plenty of Old Testament Scriptures in Peter's first epistle.
* FromBadToWorse: Peter says this in 2nd Peter 2:20-21 about those whom these "false teachers" have deceived:
-->''For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then turn back from the holy commandment that was delivered to them.''
* {{Greed}}: From 2nd Peter 2:3:
-->''And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.''
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Peter warns his readers in his second epistle that "we have not followed cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty."
* ThePowerOfLove: From 1st Peter 4:8:
-->''Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.''
* SetTheWorldOnFire: In the third chapter of his second epistle, Peter warns that God is going to destroy both the heavens and the earth that exists now with fire.
* YearOutsideHourInside: Some Bible students have interpreted Peter's words in 2nd Peter 3:8 -- "with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" -- to mean that one day with God ''is actually'' a thousand years with us. In actuality, it's really saying that God's perception of time is different from ours, since He lives in eternity and we live in time. God can take however long He wants to fulfill all His promises, whether it be immediately soon or many years from now, but the purpose is so that all can come to repentance.

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