<p>3:9 <i>Not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead</i> <em>give blessing</em>- To give blessing to those who sin against us is exactly what God did to us; for the Gospel is all about blessing, just as was first preached to Abraham.</p><p><em>For this were you called, that you should inherit a blessing- </em>Peter opened the letter by saying that believers have been called from the beginning, and God's Spirit has been tirelessly at work down the ages preparing <em>us</em> for the moment when we respond to the call and we are given the blessings of the Gospel, which shall finally be revealed at the last day. We should respond to this by blessing those who sin against us.</p>