1 Peter 1:10

Searched diligently] studying the sacred writings that already existed, observing the signs of the times, meditating on the spiritual significance of worship, and trying to discern God's true will in the inward impulses by which they were themselves moved: cp. Jeremiah 15:19. Thus they 'tested things not seen' (Hebrews 11:1; RM),

From Hosea 1:6; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 2:23 : cp. Romans 9:25.

1 Peter 2:11 to 1 Peter 4:11. With the word 'beloved,' St. Peter begins each of the two following divisions of his letter. The keynote to this division is given in the references to Christ as suffering patiently, for the sake of others, to take away sin, and as having triumphed through suffering. He is the example and protector of these sojourners, whose life among an estranged population is one of constant suffering, under which they ought to be patient, gentle, and good, holding faster to one another in love, not, however, forgetting that they live and suffer on behalf of the heathen among whom they dwell.

The whole may be subdivided into four parts: A, 1 Peter 2:11., introductory; B, 1 Peter 2:13 to 1 Peter 3:12, their duty as subjects—as, in particular, servants, wives, husbands; and again, in general, as members of a Christian community; 1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6, encouragement for their dangers and sufferings, the purpose of which is explained; D, 1 Peter 4:7, exhortation to a sober, spiritual, and loving Christian life, to the glory of God.

A. 1 Peter 2:11. Introduction, which sketches the thought of the whole section.