1. In 1 Peter 4, we learn about the importance of a noble name. What is that noble name?
2. What did Peter mean when he said in 1 Peter 4:1-4 that “we have spent enough of our past time in doing the will of the Gentiles”?
3. Explain the connection between 1 John 2:15-17 and 1 Peter 4:1-4.
4. According to Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, what is man’s “all”?
5. What is the message of the writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes for young people (Eccl. 12:1)?
6. According to 1 Peter 4:5, there will come a day when all people will have to do something. What is that “something”?
7. In John 12:48, Jesus identified the standard by which all men will be judged. What is that standard?
8. What did Peter mean when said, “They think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation” (1 Pet. 4:4)?
9. If we have agape love for someone, what does that mean?
10. Explain what Peter meant when he said, “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God” (1 Pet. 4:11)?
11. In this lesson, the point was made that people will not recognize Christians by the way they dress or the way they look, but instead by two other things. What are those two other things?
12. What did Paul mean when he wrote, “Do not go beyond the things that are written” (1 Cor. 4:6)?
13. Explain the meaning of Peter’s statement in 1 Peter 4:12, “Do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you.”
14. How do we know that Peter was an elder as well as an apostle?
15. What did Peter mean when he said, “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God” (1 Pet. 4:17)?
16. According to Hebrews 13:17, elders will give an account to God for whom?
17. If we want God to exalt us, what must we do first (1 Pet. 5:6)?
18. According to 1 Peter 5:7, what are we to do with our “cares”? Why?
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