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| List of Maps | |
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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Principal Abbreviations | |
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| Other Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introductory Overview | |
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| Genre and Integrity | |
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| Sources and Affinities | |
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| The Citation and Use of Sacred Scripture | |
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| Affinities with Other Literature and Traditions of Israel | |
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| Affinities with Greco-Roman Thought, Diction, and Culture | |
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| New Testament Affinities and Common Christian Tradition | |
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| From Literary Dependency to Common Use of Preexistent Tradition: A Shift in Theories | |
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| Forms of Christian Tradition Employed in 1 Peter | |
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| The Relation of 1 Peter to Paul and the Pauline Writings: A Reappraisal | |
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| Petrine Tradition in the New Testment | |
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| Vocabulary, Style, and Compositional Devices and Patterns | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Style | |
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| Compositional Devices and Patterns | |
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| Literary Structure and Outline | |
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| The Addressees and Their Situation | |
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| The Geographical Location of the Addressees | |
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| The Persons and Groups Addressed: A Social Profile | |
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| The Precarious Situation of the Addressees | |
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| Aim, Strategy, and Theological Concepts | |
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| Authorship | |
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| Peter as Author | |
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| The Secretary Hypothesis and Silvanus as Amanuensis | |
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| I Peter as a Pseudonymous Letter | |
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| Place of Composition | |
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| Date of Composition | |
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| The Date before Which 1 Peter Was Written | |
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| The Date after Which 1 Peter Was Written | |
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| External Attestation and Canonicity | |
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| External Attestation | |
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| Canonicity | |
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| The Text of 1 Peter and Its Transmission | |
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| The Historical, Social, and Theological Significance of 1 Peter | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Commentaries on 1 Peter | |
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| Studies on 1 Peter and Peter the Apostle | |
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| Other Literature | |
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| Translation, Notes, General Comments, and Detailed Comments | |
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| I Peter | |
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| Epistolary Prescript (1:1-2) | |
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| Detailed Comment: Peter, His Name, and His Role in the New Testament and Early Church | |
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| By God's Mercy Believers Are Reborn an Elect and Holy People (1:3-2:10) | |
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| Praise to God for the Saving Benefits of His Mercy (1:3-12) | |
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| The Hope and Holy Conduct of the Children of God (1:13-21) | |
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| Familial Love and Rebirth through the World of the Gospel (1:22-25) | |
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| Renunciation of Evil; Nourishment and Growth of the Reborn through the Word (2:1-3) | |
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| Election and Rejection: Christ, Believers, Nonbelievers--The Consolidation and Honor of the Household of God (2:4-10) | |
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| Detailed Comment: 1 Peter 2:5, 9 and the Doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers | |
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| Transition: As Aliens and Strangers, Maintain Honorable Conduct Among the Gentiles to the Glory of God (2:11-12) | |
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| Detailed Comment 1: 1 Peter 2:11-12 as a Structural Transition | |
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| Detailed Comment 2: "Resident Aliens and Strangers" | |
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| Honorable Subordinate Conduct in Civil and Domestic Realms (2:13-3:12) | |
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| Honorable Subordinate Conduct in the Civil Realm (2:13-17) | |
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| Detailed Comment: Theories regarding the Traditions Employed in 1 Peter 2:13-17 and Related Units | |
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| Honorable Subordinate Conduct in the Domestic Realm: Household Slaves and the Servant of God (2:18-25) | |
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| Detailed Comment: Tradition and Redaction in 1 Peter 2:21-25 | |
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| Honorable Conduct in the Domestic Realm: Subordinate Wives (3:1-6) and Respectful Husbands (3:7) | |
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| Detailed Comment: Reading 1 Peter 3:1-7 Today-The Hermeneutical Problem and Contextualizing Gender Constructs | |
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| Honorable Conduct in Civil and Domestic Realms: Concluding Exhortation to All (3:8-12) | |
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| Doing What Is Right in the Face of Hostility (3:13-4:6) | |
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| Doing What is Right despite Suffering (3:13-17) | |
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| Christ the Suffering Righteous One: His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection as the Basis of Believers' Salvation and Vindication (3:18-22) | |
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| Detailed Comment 1: Traditions and Redaction in 1 Peter 3:18-22 | |
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| Detailed Comment 2: 1 Peter 3:19 and the Doctrine of Christ's Descent into Hell (Descensus Christi ad infera/inferos) | |
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| Obedience to God's Will Distinguishing Suffering Believers from Sinful Outsiders; God's Condemnation of Sinners and Vindication of the Faithful (4:1-6) | |
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| Maintaining the Solidarity of the Household of God to the Glory of God (4:7-11) | |
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| Honor and Joy in Suffering, Communal Unity, and Trust in God (4:12-5:11) | |
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| Suffering and Doing What Is Right as Joyous Solidarity with Christ and Honor with God (4:12-19) | |
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| Maintaining the Unity of the Community: Responsible Elders and Subordinate Younger Persons (5:1-5a) | |
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| The Mutual Humility of All, Resisting the Devil, and Trusting in God (5:5b-11) | |
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| Epistolary Postscript (5:12-14) | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Index of Subjects | |
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| Index of Scriptural and Other Ancient References | |