Ethics in 1 Peter: The Imitatio Christi and the Ethics of Suffering in 1 Peter and the Gospel of Mark-A Comparative Study

Many refer to 1 Peter as an exegetical stepchild within the New Testament; that is it does not receive the same attention as the Pauline writings the Gospels or the Johannine literature. Yet Martin Luther held the First Letter of Peter to be essential to ones own salvation. In keeping with the tradition of Reformation-inspired New Testament theology and building on the work of John H. Elliott Elritia Le Roux highlights an affinity between the theology of Mark and the theology of 1 Peter. Ethics in 1 Peter elaborates particularly the similar ways that Mark and 1 Peter handle Christology and the ethics that flows from it. Le Roux argues that both the Gospel of Mark and the First Letter of Peter Christology (specifically Christs passion) lay a foundation for an ethics of suffering.