1 Peter 2:18-25

Key Verse 2:20b

But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

1. Read verses 18-20. Why should believing slaves submit themselves to their masters? In what respect was this a difficult command for them to obey? (18-19) How are suffering for doing wrong and suffering for doing good contrasted? (20)

2. Read verses 21-23. Why were the believers called to suffer for doing good? (21) What example did Jesus set? (22-23a) How was Jesus able to suffer unjustly for doing good? (23b)

3. Read verses 24-25. Why did Jesus bear believer’s sins in his body on the cross? (24) How have they been healed by God? In what way were they like sheep going astray? (25) How were they able to return to God? (26) What does it mean that Jesus is the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls?