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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...

The Significance of Christ’s Victory (3:18–22) A glance at the religion section in any secular bookstore will reveal that people today are interested in astrology, magic and the occult rather than in Christianity. Fascination with the supernatural, coupled with a natural fear of it, prevails despite the scientific materialism of our age. The early Christians also lived in a society that really believed in the existence of spiritual powers, both good and evil. Obviously the New Testament writers shared