First Peter - Lorin

Literary Context. As the
outline of First Peter illustrates,
2:1-8 stand as a part of the subunit
2:1-10, which in tern is a part of
1:13-2:10, the first major section
of the letter body. In this opening
section Peter lays on the table a
series of admonitions detailing the
kind of ideals believers are to live
by in serving Christ. He brings this
to a climax in 2:9-10 with the declaration
of our being the new people
of God, and thus obligated to live
by God’s standards and expectations.
As such this material continues
to express the profoundly rich
concepts about being a follower of
Christ.
Literary Structure. The
thought flow in this text is more complicated grammatically but can
be visually presented by the Block Diagram of the original Greek
text that is reflected in the English translation below.
2.1 Therefore
having shed off all evil
and
all guile
and
hypocrisies
and
envies
and
all slanders
2.2 as newly born infants
7 desire the undefiled spiritual milk
by it
so that you...may grow
into salvation
2.3 since you have tasted
Outline of Contents
in First Peter:
Praescriptio: 1:1-2
• Superscriptio, 1:1a
• Adscriptio, 1:1b-2a
• Salutatio, 1:2b
Proem: 1:3-12
• Core, 1:3a
• Expansion, 1:3b-12
Body: 1:13-5:11
• Holy living 1:13-2:10
• Ideals 1:13-25
• Privileges 2:1-10
• Obligations 2:11-3:12
• Civic 2:11-17
• Haustafeln 2:18-3:7
• Social 3:8-12
• Persecution 3:13-5:11
• Encouragement 3:13-4:11
• Explanation 4:12-19
• Proper Conduct 5:1-11
Conclusio: 5:12-14
• Sender Verification, 5:12
• Greetings, 5:13-14a
• Benedictio, 5:14b
that the Lord is gracious.
2.4 To whom coming
a living stone
indeed rejected by men
but with God chosen
esteemed
2.5 also
as living stones
8 you yourselves are being built into a spiritual house
for a holy priesthood
to offer up spiritual sacrifices
well pleasing to God
through Jesus Christ;
2.6 wherefore it stands
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