Bible Verses about 'Peter'

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• Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you.
  1 Peter 5:7 fear worrying weakness
• Now who is going to harm you if you are eager to do what is right?
  1 Peter 3:13 goodness evil work
• While Peter was thus imprisoned, the Church prayed fervently to God for him.
  Acts 12:5 prayer neighbor dependence
• The end of all things is near. Therefore, lead disciplined lives and be watchful in prayer.
  1 Peter 4:7 second coming end times rest
• Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
  1 Peter 4:8 sin love neighbor
• Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to salvation.
  1 Peter 2:2 salvation food Word of God
• Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
  1 Peter 5:6 humility reward
• As servants of God, behave as free people, but do not use your freedom as a means to cover up wrongdoing.
  1 Peter 2:16 life freedom evil
• Finally, all of you should be united in spirit, sympathetic, filled with love for one another, compassionate, and humble.
  1 Peter 3:8 humility community neighbor
• Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
  1 Peter 5:8 desires persecution overcoming
• You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
  1 Peter 1:23 rebirth Word of God
• “But you,” he said to them, “who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  Matthew 16:15-16 Messiah Jesus
• Yet even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are thereby blessed. Have no fear of others, and refuse to be intimidated by them.
  1 Peter 3:14 righteousness suffering fear
• No prophecy ever came from human initiative. Rather, when people spoke as messengers of God, they did so under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
  2 Peter 1:21 prophecy Spirit speaking
• Rather, grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  To him be glory both now and for all eternity. Amen.
  2 Peter 3:18 grace worship understanding
• He who called you is holy. Therefore, be holy yourselves in all your conduct. For Scripture says, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
  1 Peter 1:15-16 holiness life calling
• But do not ignore this one fact, beloved: with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
  2 Peter 3:8 God second coming patience
• And I say to you: You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld will not prevail against it.
  Matthew 16:18 church community hell
• Therefore, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials and to hold the wicked for punishment until the Day of Judgment.
  2 Peter 2:9 temptation judgment punishment
• This, in fact, is what you have been called to do, because Christ himself suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his footsteps.
  1 Peter 2:21 suffering following calling
• He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live in righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
  1 Peter 2:24 sin righteousness healing
• For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
  and his ears are attentive to their prayer.
  However, the face of the Lord
  is set against those who do evil.
  1 Peter 3:12 righteousness prayer listening
• Therefore, prepare your minds for action. Be calm and fix your hopes completely on the grace that you will be granted at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  1 Peter 1:13 grace Jesus Spirit
• Do not repay evil with evil or abuse with abuse. On the contrary, repay with a blessing. This is what you were called to do, so that you might inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9 speaking blessing calling
• Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you should arm yourselves also with the same intention. For anyone who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin.
  1 Peter 4:1 sin suffering
• His divine power has bestowed on us everything that is necessary for life and for devotion through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.
  2 Peter 1:3 strength life receiving
• Peter answered, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
  Acts 2:38 forgiveness Spirit baptism
• Then Peter addressed them: “I now understand how true it is that God has no favorites, but that in every nation all those who fear God and do what is right are acceptable to him.”
  Acts 10:34-35 obedience righteousness evangelism
• After you have suffered for a brief period, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and support you.
  1 Peter 5:10 grace eternal life suffering
• Rather, revere Christ as Lord in your hearts.
  Always be prepared to offer an explanation to anyone who asks you to justify the hope that is in you. However, do so with gentleness and respect.
  1 Peter 3:15 evangelism Jesus hope
• The Lord does not delay in keeping his promise, as some think in terms of delay, but he is patient with you. It is not his wish that any should perish but rather that all should be brought to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9 salvation patience conversion
• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
  1 Peter 1:3 hope resurrection rebirth
• This water prefigured Baptism, which now saves you. It does so not by the washing away of dirt from the body but by the pledge of a good conscience given to God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  1 Peter 3:21 baptism salvation purification
• But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people claimed by God as his own possession,” so that you may proclaim the praise of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  1 Peter 2:9 evangelism salvation holiness
• For:
  “If anyone wishes to love life
  and to experience good days,
  he must restrain his tongue from evil
  and his lips from deceitful speech.
  He must turn away from evil and do good,
  seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• Then Peter came up to him and asked, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy times seven.”
  Matthew 18:21-22 forgiveness neighbor sin
• By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
• Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with a joy that is indescribable and glorious. For you are achieving the goal of your faith, that is, the salvation of your souls.
  1 Peter 1:8-9 faith joy salvation
• Likewise, you who are husbands must show consideration for your wives in your life together. Treat your wife with respect, for even though she is the weaker partner, she is also an equal heir of God’s gift of life. Thus, your prayers will not be hindered in any way.
  1 Peter 3:7 marriage prayer grace
• For you are aware that you were ransomed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
  1 Peter 1:18-19 Savior Jesus life
• Therefore, brethren, be diligent in providing a firm foundation for your call and election. If you do this, you will never stumble, and you will receive a glorious welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  2 Peter 1:10-11 calling obedience kingdom
• Do not seek to adorn yourself externally—by the braiding of your hair and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothing. Rather, let your adornment be of your inner self, the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
  1 Peter 3:3-4 humility beauty heart
• In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with piety, and piety with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
  2 Peter 1:5-7 faith goodness self-control
• Then Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan so gained control of your heart that you lied to the Holy Spirit and retained part of the sale price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not belong to you? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds yours? What caused you to contrive this scheme? You have lied not to men but to God.”
  Acts 5:3-4 lying money honesty
• Those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand people were added to their number.
  Acts 2:41 faith baptism Word of God
• As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit descended upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.
  Acts 11:15 pentecost Holy Spirit