1 Peter (KJV)
5 chapters · 105 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of 1 Peter
First Peter encourages suffering believers to stand firm in hope, holiness, and good conduct as exiles in a hostile world. It frames their trials in light of Christ's example and their secure salvation.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle Peter
- First audience
- Christians facing persecution in Asia Minor
How to read it: Read with the audience's suffering in mind; note how the letter anchors hope and holy conduct in Christ's death and resurrection.
It opens: “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,” (1 Peter 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in 1 Peter
The verses of 1 Peter that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Read 1 Peter with a guide
- 1 Peter: Hope in Suffering7 days through Peter's first letterAll 7 days in 1 Peter
- New Believer: Your First 30 Days30 days on the first steps of following Jesus2 of 30 days in 1 Peter
- Anger & Gentleness7 days on handling anger God's way1 of 7 days in 1 Peter
- Anxiety & Peace7 days of God's peace in worry1 of 7 days in 1 Peter
- Called to Be Holy7 days on living a life set apart for God1 of 7 days in 1 Peter
- Easter: He Is Risen7 days with the risen Jesus1 of 7 days in 1 Peter