Hi Pilgrim,
Yes Peter wrote by the Holy Spirit about the Lord Jesus Christ, but NOT about the Body of Christ. Peter even said that what Paul wrote was `some things hard to understand.` (2 Peter 3: 16)
And yes John wrote by the Holy Spirit concerning Christ overseeing the Churches he would know in Asia Minor. However He did not understand that they were the Body of Christ set together in Christ. (1 Cor. 12: 18)
Paul`s epistles (by the Holy Spirit from the Lord) reveal Christ at work building and maturing His Body from the Father`s Throne. And that is where the Father made Jesus the Head of His Body `far above all, with all power and authority and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come and out all things under His feet...` (Eph. 1: 21 - 23)
“Yes Peter wrote by the Holy Spirit about the Lord Jesus Christ, but NOT about the Body of Christ. Peter even said that what Paul wrote was `
some things hard to understand.`”
the body of Christ is the church Peter wrote tones about it they use different words to convey y he r same messages of Jesus. The apostles were men they had different ways of speaking and conveying those revelations Paul eas a Roman citizen educated much more than the others and wrote beautifully
but the message is the same one Jesus preached but further revealed by the apostles all of them paul is equal to them all even though he was chosen later but Paul is not greater of more important than any of them they are all members of the same team d thier messages require the others to be complete
Peter is to the point , Paul will go on and on about something John speaks from a whole different angle than the others ect they all have different attributes and strengths
but what I’m saying is they all are speaking from the spirit of Christ the same things they were writing to the same church like that passage you pointed out
“And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”
2 Peter 3:15-18 KJV
Notice how they are both teaching the same group ? Peter isn’t disparaging Paul’s writings but embracing them and warning them that Paul’s pretty wordy so you really have to look and see what he’s saying
Peter and Paul were writing to the same church the same message of
grace , faith , patience , endurance in the gospel preaching the same kingdom
Peter says things paul doesn’t say Paul says things Peter doesn’t say but the message comes together as one from Jesus
for instance Paul could have written this
“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
2 Peter 1:1-4 KJV
and in fact he actually does wrote those same things differently using different wording and examples but the message itself is the same and goes together
Peter could have written this
“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 1:1, 3-7 KJV
just like this forum people have learned to express words and thoughts in different words and ways but often the same things are communicated
John to me stands out as different sort of like he’s looking from a different plain of understanding like he’s not really speaking from earths perspective but with a view from heaven
they all have that quality d all should be received because Thy per message is part of the same one found in Matthew mark Luke and John
anyways thanks for the chat !!!