1 Peter 5:12

Peter explains he wrote this short letter through Silvanus to encourage them and testify that they stand in the true grace of God. It states the letter's purpose and calls them to stand firm.

Cross-references · 21

• Heb 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
• Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• 2 Cor 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• 1 Cor 15:1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
• Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• 2 Th 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Th 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Col 1:7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
• Col 4:9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
• Gal 1:8–9But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
• 2 Pet 2:15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• Eph 6:21But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
• 3 Jn 1:12Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
• Rom 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• 1 Jn 5:9–10If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
• Eph 3:3How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
• Jude 1:3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
• 2 Cor 1:24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
• Col 4:7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
• 2 Pet 1:12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
• John 21:21Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

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