Old Testament narrative and Israel’s faithful response to suffering. I will demonstrate that there are points of contact between the way these texts portray the way in which corporate Israel and righteous individuals respond to trials and what one finds in 1 Peter. Second, I will discuss the author’s description of Jesus’ attitude and response to sufferings which depends partly on Isaiah’s portrayal of the suffering servant of Yahweh, and partly on the author’s knowledge of the passion of Jesus which