2 Read the epistle paragraph by paragraph, assigning a title to each paragraph as you read Scan the paragraphs again and note the opening word or phrase of each Does this suggest anything about Peter’s writing? Compare the paragraphs in regard to general kind of content: for example, the amount of doctrine (teaching, such as 1:1819), as compared with the amount of practical injunctions (such as the command of 2:2) Compare the opening paragraph (1:1-2) and closing paragraph (5:12-14) What new key words and phrases you observe? C STRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE The organization of a book of the Bible is not always clearly discerned This is so for Peter Whatever outline is arrived at for a Bible book, the student should not force any arti cial structure onto any part of the book, just for the sake of a homogeneous or symmetrical outline The suggestions for survey study given below have this counsel in mind Read your paragraph titles and try to recall the general movement of Peter The opening and closing paragraphs are typical salutations found in epistles In constructing an outline, we should always look for groups of paragraphs of similar content One group shows up very clearly in Peter — paragraphs involving servants, wives, husbands, and so forth Locate these paragraphs in the epistle Chart 111 shows this group beginning at 2:11 and ending at 3:12 Observe that the opening and closing paragraphs are directed to believers in general The other paragraphs are addressed to more speci c groups List these in the following outline: 2:11-12 _ 2:13-17 _ 2:18-25 _ 3:1-6 _ 3:7 _ 3:8-12 In this connection also note the appeal of subjection, or submission, directed to each group (e.g., 2:13, 18; 3:1, 7) You no doubt have already observed that the subject of trial and su ering appears often in Peter Read each verse listed below, and record what is said about su ering in each case (The rst group gives the appearances of the word suffering in its various forms as related to Christ; the second group, as related to believers The last group shows references to the subject of suffering.) Group 1: Christ’s suffering 1:11; 2:21, 23; 3:18; 4:1, 13; 5:1 Group 2: Believers suffering 2:19, 20; 3:14, 17; 4:1, 13, 15, 16, 19; 5:9, 10 Group 3: Other references 1:6, 7; 2:12; 3:13, 16; 4:4, 12, 14 What combination of two chapters has the most references to suffering? How is trial related to salvation in 1:5-9? There are important references to Christ’s second coming in this epistle What is taught in 1:8, 13; 2:12; 4:7, 13; 5:4? (There are other references that imply this ... (The rst group gives the appearances of the word suffering in its various forms as related to Christ; the second group, as related to believers The last group shows references to the subject of. .. part of the book, just for the sake of a homogeneous or symmetrical outline The suggestions for survey study given below have this counsel in mind Read your paragraph titles and try to recall the. .. Locate these paragraphs in the epistle Chart 111 shows this group beginning at 2:11 and ending at 3:12 Observe that the opening and closing paragraphs are directed to believers in general The other