physical abuse, as Paul did when visiting their city. The young believers may also experience the emotional discomfort when neighbors do not agree, when a minority group determines to break with the herd, when one group establishes norm and values apart from the established group. In some ways, these internal places of discomfort may even be more troubling than serving jail sentences or enduring public flogging. With whatever anxiety that may be unfolding, Paul writes the believers to remind them