\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI John\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Survey of the Bible – II Peter Text: II Peter 3 I. I Peter dealt with how Christians handle persecution. II Peter is focused more on the internal problems that Christians face A. There is modern day controversy over II Peter 1. The claim is that it isn’t quoted by early Christian writers. a. It is a false…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16880,"menu_order":61,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22807,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-i-peter\/","url_meta":{"origin":22814,"position":0},"title":"Survey of the Bible – I Peter","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible - I Peter Text: I Peter 4 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Peter\u2019s letter is addressed to those scattered by persecution - I Peter 1:1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0That sets the theme of I Peter \u2013 how to live in a world that is hostile to you \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The author is clearly stated to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16880,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":22814,"position":1},"title":"Survey of the Bible","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible by Jeffery W. 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