Living in the Fear of God

Study Questions

1. How are verses 17-21 connected to 1-12 and 13-16?

2. What does it mean to “fear God,” and how do we conduct ourselves with fear during the time of our exile?

3. What does God’s fatherly care and impartial judgment have to do with how we conduct ourselves as His children (1:17)?

4. What does Peter mean by “futile ways inherited from your forefathers”?

5. How does the knowledge of our ransom contribute to our behavior?

6. Why was Christ made manifest in the world? What does that mean?

7. What does 1:21 teach us about the nature of all true belief in God?