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As a young church in a hostile environment, Peter's first readers found in his letter encouragement, not just for facing suffering, but for living responsibly in the world as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Christians today will also find in Peter's letter a wealth of practical counsel on how to conduct themselves in family and social life, as well as in relation to a society that makes it...

Slaves and Their Masters (2:18–20)* Modern translations of the Bible generally do not put the word “servant” for the Greek word doulos, although the latter can refer to a slave or servant. Using slave preserves the distance between the biblical world and our own, reminding us that the teaching in this section was intended for people in a relationship no longer a part of our social set-up. We are concerned with employee employer relations, trade unions, restrictive practices, closed shops, lockouts,
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