The Kind of Life that Attracts People to Jesus

1 Peter 2:11-12

Peter’s central idea in his 1st letter is that we are resident aliens under God’s eternal care with potential for power. Peter then applies our identity to six specific areas. In the previous passage, Peter applied our identity to how we live and act with other believers (1:22—2:10). Now, beginning with this passage, Peter begins a new section: applying our identity to the world (2:11— 3:7). In the first two verses (2:11-12), he addresses the question, “How can we live our lives in the world in such a way that people are attracted to Jesus Christ?” In this short passage, Peter gives us two commands and then predicts an expected result.