Daily Readings (Page 345)

What impact and significance do Christ’s death “for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous” have on your life daily?

What does Peter mean by setting aside Christ as Lord (v15)?  How will this affect the believers’ hopes and fears?

How do vv10-12 (quoted from Ps 34:12-16) sum up all Peter has previously said in 2:11―3:9?    

In what way are husbands to treat their wives?  What would a marriage build on mutual submission based on full spiritual equality between Christian husbands and wives (Gal 3:28) look like?

New Testament society was characterized by extravagance in clothing and jewelry.  What distinctive would characterize the Christian’s attitude towards dress nowadays (cf. 1 Tim 2:8-10)?

How is the submission in vv1-6 similar in purpose like that in 2:13-15?  Married or not, what qualities in vv1-6 would you like to build in your friendships with the opposite sex?          

How can the suffering Christ (vv21-25) help us in situations beyond our control?  How can you explain this to someone?

What does ‘submit’ means in this context as well as vv13-17?  What equivalent verbs you see here and what do they mean to you?

Why is submission to authority despite persecution a concern for Peter (see also v12)?  How do we live out v17 in today’s language?  

How would our new status with God influence the way we live?