Preface

Preface

The Apostle Peter, as he himself says, writes to the Jews who were in the dispersion and had become Christians. His epistle is instructive. Since some of the Jews had believed, the apostle strengthens them in the faith. First of all, he explains and demonstrates that faith in Christ was foretold by the prophets, just as redemption by His Blood was predicted through them, and that to both Jews and Gentiles was proclaimed all that which the angels desire to look into. Then he urges those to whom he writes to conduct themselves worthily of Him who called them, exhorts them to honor rulers, and commands wives and husbands to be of one mind. Having then offered several moral exhortations, he declares that the Lord preached in Hades concerning salvation and resurrection, so that those who had previously died might rise and be judged in the body, and abide in the grace of the resurrection; he adds that the end of all things has drawn near, and all must be ready to give an account to the Judge, and then he concludes the epistle.