1 Peter: An Overview
Martin Luther, the great Protestant and Lutheran reformer "recognized 1 Peter (along with the Gospel of John and Paul's Letters) as 'the true kernel and marrow of all the New Testament Books. For in them [readers]… find depicted in masterly fashion how faith in Christ overcomes sin, death, and hell, and gives life, righteousness, and salvation.'" The significance of 1 Peter throughout Church history, therefore, cannot be understated "as It is confidently woven into the fabric of Christian theology and identity."