Verse from 1 Peter

“总而言之，你们都要同心，彼此体恤，相爱如弟兄，存慈怜谦卑的心。”

彼得前书 3:8 

“To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;”

1 Peter 3:8 

Have you noticed that when people receive a great honor for their accomplishments they often acknowledge their humble roots? Even legendary athletes admit that they were just an everyday kid from somewhere—just like us.

Peter sees how important it is for those who know they are God’s representatives to remember who they were. In recognizing their high honor (1 Peter 2:9), Peter urges followers of Christ to remember that once they had no sense of belonging to God; once they had not received mercy (2:10). Later in the same letter he reminds those who are leaders among the Lord’s people to recognize their own accountability to God and not to lord it over those entrusted to their care (5:3).

At best we are all common folks from somewhere who have been called to love others as God has loved us.