1 Peter About this letter - Plain English Version(PEV)

About this letterPeter was one of Jesus’s 12 special workers. He went everywhere with Jesus and knew him well.Peter wrote 2 letters that are now in the Holy Bible. This is the 1st letter. He wrote it about 2,000 years ago, about 30 years after Jesus went back to heaven. He sent it to Christians that lived in lots of different places.At that time there were people that kept on making trouble for Christians. Some people were hurting the Christians, and some were even killing them. Lots of Christians were very frightened and sad.Peter wanted those Christians to be brave, not frightened. So he wrote this letter to help them be strong and happy. He didn’t want them to stop following Jesus. He got them to remember that God is great and always takes good care of his people.Peter didn’t want those Christians to listen to anyone that was teaching things that were wrong. Peter knew that Jesus will come back again, and he wanted those Christians to be ready for him.These words that Peter wrote to them have very important messages for all of us Christians.Chapter