HOLY BEHAVIOR. 1st Peter 1:13-5:11 Until this point in the letter, Peter had been reminding the believers of their wonderful salvation, which had identified them as “strangers and pilgrims” on their way to a better country. We all eagerly look forward to what our God has prepared for those who love Him. “Eye hath not seen, nor ears heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man the things God hath prepared for those who love Him.” From this point to near the end of the epistle, there are exhortations to live holy lives that demonstrate the value and purpose of God’s grace, as His people submit to His holy will.
He begins with the requirements of holiness, then moves to the position of believers as a spiritual house, a chosen people, and strangers and pilgrims. Following that, Peter writes of the necessity of submission to the authority of rulers and masters, and of the example of our Lord Jesus Christ's submission. Then he writes of the submission of wives to their husbands and the duty of husbands toward their wives.
Holy behavior includes our duties to all, Christ’s example, our conduct in light of the “end of all things,” the conduct of suffering believers, the conduct of elders, and the conduct of those who are young. Then there is the final state of deliverance from sin and the blessedness we will experience in the future. The main purpose of the epistle is to encourage the suffering believers and to testify to the “true grace of God.”