1 Peter 1:1

1 Peter 1:1. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, -

It must have been very pleasant to his heart to write those words, - not "Peter, who denied his Master," not Peter, "full of imperfections and infirmities, the impetuous and changeable one of the twelve;" but "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ," as truly sent of God as any of the other apostles, and with as much of the Spirit of his Master resting upon him: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ," -