{"id":40700,"date":"2021-12-16T16:53:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=40700"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:18:41","slug":"how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Live in a Hostile World: A Study of I Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>How to Live<br \/>\nin a Hostile World<\/h1>\n<h1>A Study of I Peter<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/suffering.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/p>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<br \/>\nDecember 2021\n<p>Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash<\/p>\n\t<h2>Content<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/background-of-i-peter\/\">Background of I Peter<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 1:1-2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/introduction-to-i-peter\/\">Introduction to I Peter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Salvation of Christians &#8211; I Peter 1:3-2:12\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/the-salvation-of-christians\/\">The salvation of Christians<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 1:3-1:12<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/our-response-to-salvation\/\">Our response to salvation<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 1:13-2:3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/a-special-people\/\">A Special People<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 2:4-12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Submission of Christians &#8211; I Peter 2:13-3:12\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/submission-to-government\/\">Submission to government<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 2:13-17<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/submission-to-employers\/\">Submission to employers<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 2:18-25<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/submission-in-marriage\/\">Submission in marriage<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 3:1-7<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/summary-of-how-to-live-as-a-christian\/\">Summary of how to live as a Christian<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 3:8-12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Suffering of Christians &#8211; I Peter 3:13-5:14\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/suffering-for-doing-good\/\">Suffering for doing good<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 3:13-22<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/arm-yourself-against-lusts\/\">Arm yourselves against lusts<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 4:1-6<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/living-during-times-of-persecution\/\">Living During Times of Persecution<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 4:7-19<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/humble-service\/\">Humble Service<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 5:1-7<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/it-isnt-forever\/\">It isn&#8217;t forever<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 5:8-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/it-isnt-forever\/\">Closing<\/a> &#8211; I Peter 5:12-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Live in a Hostile World A Study of I Peter by Jeffrey W. Hamilton December 2021 Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash Content Background of I Peter &#8211; I Peter 1:1-2 Introduction to I Peter The Salvation of Christians &#8211; I Peter 1:3-2:12 The salvation of Christians &#8211; I Peter 1:3-1:12 Our response&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40700","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40708,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-live-in-a-hostile-world-a-study-of-i-peter\/introduction-to-i-peter\/","url_meta":{"origin":40700,"position":0},"title":"Introduction to I Peter","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Introduction to I Peter Theme During the time Peter wrote his letter, Christians around the Roman Empire were facing mounting persecutions. 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