1 Peter was written in letter format and starts out like most of the other letters at the time. The author introduces himself as Peter and apostle of Jesus Christ and then goes on to address the letter to who it was intended for, God’s elect who were scattered all over Asia minor.
After the introduction, the author goes on to give thanksgiving to God (1: 3-9). He speaks of the hope we have in our Lord Jesus Christ. He was gracious enough to give us a new birth through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Peter encourages us that our riches are being stored up in heaven and although we may suffer through grief in trials, it is only making us stronger in our faith and this deserves glory and honor in heaven.
The Thanksgiving and Praise to God really leads into the next section of reading, from 1 Pet 1:10 through 1 Pet 2:3, the author makes noticeable that we were saved by grace. During these few versus, the reader is reminded not to fall back into the easy lifestyle of ignorance we used to live before we were saved, but rather to only seek God and strive to be holy because he is holy. This section reminds us that we were saved not by perishable things such as Gold or Silver but that our salvation came from
The book of 1 Peter mentions Gold twice throughout it’s chapters. In the first chapter it says that our faith is of such great worth “greater worth then gold, which perishes even though it is refined by fire” (1 Pet 1:7). Gold is also mentioned in chapter one verse eighteen when it stats that we were saved by the blood of Christ Jesus and not by such perishable things such as silver and gold. Gold was brought up twice because it has always been considered extremely valuable in the eyes of man but the author wanted us to know how much more valuable God’s grace is for us.
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