Remember the word of God and behold his sign of coming deliverance, so that your heart would be turned to God and one another, or be destroyed.

Christians must stand firm in God’s grace.

Christians can persevere through adversity by responding to it in the proper way.

God uses trials to test the genuineness of our faith to grow us in godliness

God has given elders the responsibility of shepherding his flock.

Christians demonstrate the genuineness of their faith by persevering through persecution.

Those who have been justified and reconciled by the death of Jesus will certainly also be saved by his life.

The challenges of living in the midst of social hostility make it all the more important for Christians to love and serve one another.

Christians can persevere through suffering by remembering the great reversal that God will one day bring about.

Peter encourages his readers in the midst of their suffering by reminding them that Jesus is triumphant.