I don't like taking a phrase by itself out of the greater context, but Peter also writes, how can you manage the church family if you cannot manage your own. And the apostles were married. Jesus never said His cousin's hermetic lifestyle was the one for everyone. Many examples of why celibacy isn't mandated by God. Now Christianity of any sort isn't a man made religion, just a human administration, and if course Jesus knew man is imperfect. Yet He still started His church with Peter and we must follow His intention even if it means cleanup and constant guard, which we dropped long ago. It's on us.
The phrase isn't out of the greater context. It says what it means and means what it says. Peter means pebble, Jesus Christ is the Rock the church was and is built upon. There is no other name under heaven and earth whereby a man must be saved. God's Son period is the way the truth and the life. In fact Peter petered out if you read the book of Acts it was Paul who received then7 church epistles which are the revelation of rhe mystery which was kept secret until revealed to him. God tells us 7 times in the epistles not to be ignorant. One of those things we are not to be ignorant of is the Mystery of the one body, Christ the Head, amd Christ in us the hope of glory. Peter had nothing to do with any of that.
I don't like taking a phrase by itself out of the greater context, but Peter also writes, how can you manage the church family if you cannot manage your own. And the apostles were married. Jesus never said His cousin's hermetic lifestyle was the one for everyone. Many examples of why celibacy isn't mandated by God. Now Christianity of any sort isn't a man made religion, just a human administration, and if course Jesus knew man is imperfect. Yet He still started His church with Peter and we must follow His intention even if it means cleanup and constant guard, which we dropped long ago. It's on us.
The phrase isn't out of the greater context. It says what it means and means what it says. Peter means pebble, Jesus Christ is the Rock the church was and is built upon. There is no other name under heaven and earth whereby a man must be saved. God's Son period is the way the truth and the life. In fact Peter petered out if you read the book of Acts it was Paul who received then7 church epistles which are the revelation of rhe mystery which was kept secret until revealed to him. God tells us 7 times in the epistles not to be ignorant. One of those things we are not to be ignorant of is the Mystery of the one body, Christ the Head, amd Christ in us the hope of glory. Peter had nothing to do with any of that.
My friend Petra will be interested to know your take lol