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[Randy Carson]

You have confused the "Babylon" of 1 Peter 5:13 with the discussion of "Babylon" in the book of Revelation. Notice that the authors of the passage you quoted make the distinction (and I'm adding two bits for clarification):


IOW, poca, Peter used "Babylon" to mean Rome in his letter, but John was NOT referring to Rome in Revelation.

Mistakes like this are easy to make when you're not actually familiar with the source material.

errr.... wasn't that the very same thing I quoted?
Keep reading, because I quoted a bit more than you!

Yes, I know. It appeared to me that you did not seem to understand that the authors of the passage you quoted are speaking of two different usages of the term "Babylon".

1. Peter used "Babylon" as code for Rome in his first epistle.
2. John was not referring to Rome in the Book of Revelation.

ah... ok, then... that makes more sense.