The Open Bible (OB)

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“Having been born again to a living hope, they are to imitate the Holy One who has called them. The fruit of that character will be conduct rooted in submission: citizens to government, servants to masters, wives to husbands, husbands to wives, and Christians to one another. Only after submission is fully understood does Peter deal with the difficult area of suffering. The Christians are not to think it ‘strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you’ (4:12), but are to rejoice as partakers of the suffering of Christ. That response to life is truly the climax of one’s submission to the good hand of God.” (source)

“second part of the book focuses on God’s dealings with one man, Abraham, through whom” (source)

“but he also proclaims God’s gracious promise of hope and restoration.” (source)

“The most important thing is to follow faithfully some systematic method of Bible study.” (source)

“Our Lord’s redemptive work for us is threefold: First, it is closely associated with forgiveness, since we receive forgiveness through the redemptive price of Christ’s death. Second, it involves justification, since the deliverance establishes us in a restored position of favor before God. Third, it promises final deliverance from the power of sin at the coming of the Lord. This redemption is ‘The Scarlet Thread.’” (source)