1 Peter

To encourage suffering believers to maintain holy lives and hopeful witness in their scattered, marginalized condition - reminding them of their identity as God's chosen people.

Peter addresses scattered, suffering believers with the living hope of the resurrection, calls them to holy living as a holy priesthood, and instructs them to suffer well — following Christ who suffered before them.

First Peter is the New Testament's primary pastoral letter for suffering Christians — providing both the theological ground for hope and the practical posture of suffering-that-witnesses.