Outline of 1 Peter

“Living in the Light of Heaven”

1. Greeting [1:1-2]

2. Who you are and what you have in Jesus Christ [1:3-2:10]

• Summary statement: a “new birth into a living hope” [1:3-5]
• A new joy [1:6-9]
• A new salvation [1:10-12]
• A new hope and way of life [1:13-22]
• A new birth [1:23-2:3]
• A new temple and a new people [2:4-10]

3. Relationships in the light of Heaven [2:11-4:11]

• Introductory summary: good conduct [2:11-12]
• Toward every human institution: be subject [2:13-17]
• Slaves toward masters: be subject [2:18-25]
• Wives toward husbands: be subject [3:1-6]
• Husbands toward wives: honour [3:7]
• Toward a hostile world: bless [3:8-17]
• How to understand suffering—the flesh and the Spirit [3:18-4:11]
  • What happened to us in Christ [3:18-22]
  • How this has changed our desires [4:1-6]
• Relationships with other believers: love fervently [4:7-11]

4. How to survive the “trial by fire” [4:12-19]

5. The Church in the light of heaven [5:1-11]

• Relationships with leaders [5:1-7]
• Resisting the devil and surviving suffering [5:8-11]

6. Closing greetings [5:12-14]

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