Do Not Be Surprised by Persecution

Note from today’s Bible reading: 1 Peter 3-4

Peter had already written about the threat of persecution at different points in his first letter (1 Peter 1:6; 2:12; 3:14). This was a reality these brethren would have to face and he did not want them to be caught unprepared. So he told them, “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though …