The Book of 1 Peter: Chapter 1: Three Ways to Live a Holy Life
Prepare your mind for action
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Vocabulary — Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (ESV)
Associating with the wrong people — 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” (ESV)
Cares of this world — Mark 4:19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (ESV)
Unforgiveness — 2 Corinthians 2:11 …so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs. (ESV)
Unrepentance — Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. (ESV)
Man’s Word — Judge 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (ESV)
Psalms 1:1-3 (ESV)2. Don’t conform to the World
1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.” (ESV)
Romans 12:1–2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect (ESV)
1 Peter 1:17-18 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,” (ESV)
Proverbs 1:17 For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, (ESV)
Deuteronomy 20:1-4 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when you draw near to the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.’ (ESV)
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. (ESV)
