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Who do Trinitarians believe is the Apostle Peter's God?
Peter's belief about who God is VS Him addressing one person that is God
Obviously with the verses you have cited, Peter is addressing the Father, one person that is truly God, does this mean that ...
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Mormon view of the wrong action committed by angels according to 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude
First, it's important to understand what an angel is. In Doctrine and Covenants 129:1-3 it says:
1 There are two kinds of beings in heaven, namely: Angels, who are resurrected personages, having ...
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Protestant Interpretation 1 Peter 1:17
As a lifelong Protestant of more than six and a half decades - first by birth and upbringing in Presbyterianism and then by conversion and baptism in my mid-teens - I would say that now, as a mature ...
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Who do Trinitarians believe is the Apostle Peter's God?
With the one answer given so far (as at November 2nd), you commented, "The word PERSON is not in the question, THEREFORE it MUST be defined in the answer." This was because the answer given ...
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How does open theology interpret 1 Peter 1:2?
1 Peter 1:2 KJV Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace,
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Who do Trinitarians believe is the Apostle Peter's God?
There's quite a bit more to the answer than just what has been proffered thus far by other users.
In Acts 1:1-7, we are told of an encounter with the post-resurrected Christ. In 1:1-2, the narrator ...
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How does St Peter's view on salvation reconcile with that of Jesus?
Context is king.
Matthew 21:28-29 But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 And he answering, said: I will not. But ...
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How do proponents of an intermediate state reconcile 1 Peter 3:18-20 ("spirits in prison") and Luke 23:43 ("today in paradise")?
In Catholic theology, there are 4 "compartments" / "parts" of the underworld where souls are waiting in the Intermediate State (see Wikipedia article Limbo):
Hell of the Damned, ...
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How do soul sleep adherents explain 1 Peter 3:18-20?
Most likely the reason this question is not getting much traction is because no one who believes in the unconscious state of the dead prior to Jesus' second coming actually use the term "soul ...
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Meaning of 1 Peter 4:17 According to Calvinists
From Calvin's Commentary on the Bible:
https://www.studylight.org/commentary/1-peter/4-18.html#cal
I have bolded relevant passages.
When the faithful see that it is well with the wicked, they are
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Did the early Church Fathers have a complete agreement on how to interpret 1 Peter 3:18-20?
Wicks, Jared. “Christ’s Saving Descent to the Dead: Early Witnesses from Ignatius of Antioch to Origen.” Pro Ecclesia 17, no. 3 (August 2008): 281–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/106385120801700303.
The ...
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