1. Petrus 3:8

Peter's five-fold communal character summary — 'be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous' — distils the internal ethos of the Christian community into a concise practical exhortation. 'One mind' (homothumadon) is Luke's term for the unified pre-Pentecost praying community (Acts 1:14; 2:46), suggesting this disposition is both gift and ongoing discipline. The Greek 'tapeinophrones' ('be courteous,' literally humble-minded) is unusual and intensive — Peter is not advocating mere social politeness but the orientation of self-lowering that Philippians 2:3 ('in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves') describes as the mind of Christ. Romans 12:10-16's comparable list of communal virtues confirms that this kind of character catalogue was standard in early Christian paraenesis, reflecting the community-formation demands of the new covenant assembly.