General letters and Revelation
1 Peter
Encouragement for believers suffering for their faith: a living hope, and following Christ’s example.
Peter wrote “by Silvanus” (1 Peter 5:12) from “Babylon” (5:13), which the early church understood as Rome, to Christians in the provinces of Asia Minor.
Kinds of writing
- Letter 100%
Key verses
A royal priesthood, a holy nation. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 (World English Bible)
People
Places
PontusGalatiaCappadociaAsiaBithynia
On the timeline
Nero blames the Christians for the fire of RomePeter writes his first letter from “Babylon”
1 Peter quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 13 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
This timeline plots AD 64. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.