<p>3:13 <em>And who is he that will harm you, if you be zealous for what is good?</em>- There are many examples of where zeal for good results in being harmed. So Peter is writing here as in many of the NT epistles about a particular set of circumstances at a specific time. It would seem that the Jewish Christians were getting in trouble with the law for doing &quot;evil&quot;, perhaps because of their desire for money. At that time and place, they need not have feared trouble with the authorities- unless they were doing wrong, which it seems they were.</p>