This keepsake hard cover edition of The First Epistle of PETER was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years. Peter writes to new Christians who have encountered oppression and hostility to advise them to maintain loyalty to both their religion and the Roman Empire, and to be steadfastness and persevere under persecution. PETER is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.