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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...

Suffering, Joy and Judgment (4:12–19)* Suffering is not easy to bear. People may have different thresholds of pain, so that one can bear a greater intensity without flinching than another, but everybody has the point where the pain is experienced as pain. There are also different kinds and degrees of pains that we experience; some can tolerate some forms more easily than others. When we experience something that is really hard to bear and that appears pointless (in contrast with the harsh sting
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