☐ The Christian Attitude toward Hostility (3:13–5:11) Reading a letter intended for somebody else inevitably means that what it has to say may not be directly relevant to us. Words of love written to another probably say little about the author’s attitude toward me. Instructions written for people in a different situation from us may be irrelevant to us. Peter was writing to people who were facing sharp hostility from their employers, their neighbors, people at large, and possibly also government