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1 Peter: Outline of Contents

I. Letter opening (1:1–9)

A. Address (1:1–2a)

B. Greeting (1:2b)

C. Thanksgiving (1:3–9)

II. Christian identity (1:10–2:4)

A. Place in salvation history (1:10–12)

B. Call to holiness (1:13–21)

C. Entrance ritual (1:22–2:4)

III. As Christ, so Christian (2:5–10)

A. Chosen stone (2:5–6)

B. Precious, but rejected stone (2:7–8)

C. Chosen people (2:9–10)

IV. Christian righteousness: reciprocal duties (2:11–3:22)

A. To all (2:11–17)

B. To slaves (2:18–25)

C. To wives (3:1–6)

D. To husbands (3:7)

E. To all (3:8–22)

V. The future: results of Christian righteousness (4:1–19)

A. Dead to flesh, alive in Spirit (4:1–6)

B. The future (4:7–11)

C. Purification and the church (4:12–19)

VI. Reciprocal duties continued (5:1–11)

A. To elders (5:1–5)

B. To all (5:6–11)

VII. Letter closing (5:12–14)

A. Secretary (5:12)

B. Greetings (5:13)

C. Farewell (5:14)

Courtesy of HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, ed. Mark Allan Powell (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 785.