Today, I am reading and commenting on  1 Peter 1-5.

Peter repeatedly writes that we should live such good lives that those who hate us because of our faith will have nothing with which to accuse us except lies.  As part of that we should submit to government authorities and do good so as to silence those who claim that Christianity is evil.  When others do us wrong, seek ways to repay them by doing good to them, when they insult us, let us seek to speak good about them.  Let us live lives so that when we suffer at the hands of others, those who witness it will see it as unjustified.  If we do the good to which God calls us, we need not fear attack.  And if someone does attack us, we can rejoice in being counted worthy to suffer as Christ suffered.  We live among those who live lives of reckless, wild living, who will make fun of us for not joining them in such behavior.

I find myself continuing to write more because I cannot get the words to express the thoughts I am having, so I am going to stop here.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.