Peter again reminds that suffering, fiery trial, is expected and normal in the Christian experience. Sharing Christ’s sufferings is a privilege that is to be welcomed with rejoicing, while suffering as an evildoer is shameful. Our behavior in this life gives indication of our eternal outcome. Judgment begins at the household of God so, if the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? Peter concludes that Christians, suffering while doing good, are to continually entrust their souls to a faithful creator.