familiar. But they were also navigating a more fundamental issue, one that all Christians can identify with. The recipients of the letter found themselves professing a faith in a world that did not understand their convictions, which often led to pressures and persecutions. As we will see in this chapter, however, Peter wrote to encourage Christians with the immeasurable love of God directed toward them, even in the midst of their difficult circumstances. Although his readers were facing the vicissitudes