SAB, 1 Peter Introduction

1 Peter
Introduction

"Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward." -- 1 Peter 2:18

We are all, according to Peter, predestined to be saved or damned. We have no say in the matter. It was all determined by "the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ."1:2
Peter believed that he was living in the "last times." 1:20
He says that all slaves should "be subject to [their] masters with all fear," to the bad and cruel as well as the "good and gentle." 2:18
He orders all wives to be "in subjection" to their husbands. 3:1
Wives are to use "chaste conversation, coupled with fear." They are not to braid their hair, wear gold, or put on any "apparel." They are to do these things in imitation of the "holy" women of the Old testament who were "in subjection to their won husbands: even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord." 3:2-6
In relation to her husband, the wife is "the weaker vessel." 3:7
"The end of all things is at hand." 4:7
Things may get rough for Christians, but it will really be hell for nonbelievers. 4:17-18