Resurrection Life in a World of Suffering: 1 Peter
Overview
The book of 1 Peter offers a gospel perspective on our short lives. Originally written to Christians facing intense suffering, Peter’s message is one of hope and grace—all centered on the resurrected Christ. Featuring essay contributions from six popular Bible teachers, this volume will help you better understand the hope-filled message of the book of 1 Peter and experience the resurrection life Jesus offers us today.
- Explores the themes of resurrection, hope, and grace in 1 Peter
- Reflects on how the gospel relates to suffering
- Includes an interview with John Piper on how to teach 1 Peter
- Peter the Expositor: The Apostle’s Use of Scripture in 1 Peter
- Born Again to a Living Hope (1 Peter 1:1–12)
- Living Resurrection Life (1 Peter 1:13–2:3)
- Remember Who You Are! (1 Peter 2:4–10)
- Following Jesus Far from Home (1 Peter 2:11–3:12)
- Sharing Christ’s Sufferings, Showing His Glory (1 Peter 3:13–4:19)
- A Shepherd and a Lion (1 Peter 5:1–14)
- Conclusion: Help Me Teach 1 Peter
Top Highlights
“Peter helps us grasp the hope of resurrection life in a world of suffering.” (Page 38)
“First, as believers we are elect exiles according to the foreknowledge of God the Father (v. 2).” (Page 43)
“We come to God’s Word not to forget about suffering for a little while; we come because we know that the good news we believe speaks right into the suffering, with the greatest hope. How does that happen? How is it that we believers can be at the same time the most unabashedly joyful and the most painfully sober people on the planet?” (Page 38)
“There is a sense, then, that while Jesus has come to rescue his people from the exile once and for all, they are still in exile on this earth until Jesus consummates the kingdom. Peter knew this and picks up on this idea when he calls the Christians in Asia Minor ‘elect exiles of the Dispersion’ (1 Pet. 1:1) and ends his letter with greetings from ‘She [the church] who is at Babylon’ (1 Pet. 5:13). For Peter, then, the Christians in Asia Minor, along with all Christians everywhere, are the people of God in exile awaiting the final restoration of all things.” (Page 18)
“Most scholars believe Peter wrote this letter from Rome during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, probably just a few years before the dramatic persecution of Christians that would take place under that same emperor. Peter himself would be martyred in those persecutions. But in this letter there’s the sense of persecution threatening, arising on all sides, about to erupt.” (Page 40)
- John Piper
- D. A. Carson
- Kathleen Nielson
- Juan Sanchez
- Nancy Guthrie
- Carrie Sandom
- Jen Wilkin
- Mary Willson
- Title: Resurrection Life in a World of Suffering: 1 Peter
- Authors: D. A. Carson, Kathleen Nielson
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Pages: 208
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Peter › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 1 Peter › Commentaries--Congresses
- ISBNs: 9781433557002, 9781433557033, 9781433557019, 9781433557026, 1433557002, 1433557037, 1433557010, 1433557029
- Resource ID: LLS:RSRRCTNLFWR1PTR
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:47:59Z
D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.
Kathleen Nielson (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is an author and speaker who loves working with women in studying the Scriptures. After directing the Gospel Coalition’s women’s initiatives from 2010–2017, she now serves as senior adviser and book editor for TGC. She and her husband, Niel, make their home partly in Wheaton, Illinois, and partly in Jakarta, Indonesia. They have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and five granddaughters.