The First Epistle of Peter

It was not the original Simon Peter, impulsive and full of weakness, whom Christ called, “Simon” Mark 14:37; Luke 22:31; John 21:15-17 who is credited with writing this epistle. It was that Peter who Christ gave the keys to the kingdom, Matthew 16:13-19. The same man chastened by years of suffering and trials and strengthened by the baptism of the Holy Spirit; whom this epistle belongs to, written in the later period of his life.