1 Peter 4:4-6

We have now been cleansed. We are living a new life! We are free from the bondage of sin. We are happy in the Lord, but what about our old friends: the ones that encouraged us in our sinful pleasures, the ones that got us into the bondage of sin? They can't understand us. They think that we have gone insane. We are no longer interested in the excesses and vices that we once were. They even go so far as to speak against us. They don't like to have us condemning their lives by our changed way of life and actions. They know that what they are doing is not right, but they aren't willing to take the leap of faith and join us in the Christian life. We must not become discouraged. We must remain faithful no matter what anyone else says about us. If God is for us, who can be against us. Finally, He is the one that will judge our actions. We really don't need to worry about the opinion of our old, evil friends. God's opinion is the only thing that really matters. And, at the end of our life, we will receive a reward for living faithfully.