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1 Peter was written by the Apostle Peter to encourage believers for whom the storm clouds of persecution were gathering, just because they were Christians. To encourage them he first reminds them that suffering is temporary, and that faithful living in times of suffering will produce eternal benefits. He develops this theme to show that such a lifestyle, lived out in difficult and dangerous...

‘You are my people’ and as such they look forward to a glorious destiny. Paul uses the same verses in a similar way (Rom. 9:25–26). Equally once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Again the words come from Hosea. Those in Scripture who cried out for mercy from God, or God’s Son were never turned away. He took pity on them and gave them what they did not deserve. A widow once appealed to Napoleon for mercy for her son after he had fallen foul of the Emperor through some misdeed.
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