1 Peter encourages which of the following?

• A. Growing spiritual
• B. Growing spiritually
• C. Faithfulness amid trial
• D. World evangelism

Answer: (B)

1 Peter emphasizes believers growing in their faith and holiness as they navigate trials. The letter repeatedly calls Christians to mature spiritually—craving the word, living in purity, and showing genuine love to one another—so their faith becomes stronger through testing. That broad, ongoing development in the life of the Spirit is best captured by the phrase growing spiritually, which is the natural, idiomatic way to express this kind of continual growth. While faithfulness amid trial is indeed a theme you’ll see in the letter, the overarching exhortation is toward continual spiritual growth. World evangelism is not the primary focus of this epistle, so it doesn’t fit the primary aim as well as the idea of growing spiritually.