The First Epistle
of
Peter
I. |Introduction—to the sojourning believers under the operation of the Triune God—1:1-2II. |The full salvation of the Triune God and its issues—1:3-25A. |The Father's regeneration—unto a living hope, an inheritance kept in the heavens and ready to be revealed at the last time—vv.|3-9B. |The Spirit's application—through the prophets' prophesying and the apostles' preaching—vv.|10-12C. |Christ's redemption—unto a holy life by the holy nature and unto brotherly love through purification by the sanctifying truth, based on regeneration by the incorruptible seed through the living word of God—vv.|13-25III. |Growth in life and its results—2:1-10A. |Growing by feeding on the milk of the word unto full salvation—vv.|1-3B. |Transformed unto the building up of a spiritual house for God's dwelling, a holy priesthood for God's service—vv.|4-8C. |To tell out the virtues of the calling One—vv.|9-10IV. |The Christian life and its sufferings—2:11-4:19A. |A life in an excellent manner toward all men in all concerns—2:11-3:13B. |Suffering for righteousness by the will of God as Christ did—3:14-22C. |Arming themselves with the mind of Christ for suffering—4:1-6D. |As good stewards of the varied grace of God—4:7-11E. |Rejoicing in sharing the sufferings of Christ—4:12-19V. |The elders' shepherding and its reward—5:1-4A. |The shepherding patterns—vv.|1-3B. |The Chief Shepherd's reward—v.|4VI. |The mighty hand of God and its goal—5:5-11A. |Humbled under God's mighty hand—vv.|5-9B. |Perfected and grounded by the God of all grace—vv.|10-11VII. |Conclusion—5:12-14A. |The testimony of the true grace of God—v.|12B. |Greetings—vv.|13-14Outline of 1 Peter
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