| Chapter | Verse/s | Verse Summary |
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| 1. | (1-2) | Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ |
| (3-5) | Begotten us again unto a lively hope | |
| (6-9) | Receiving the end of the your faith | |
| (10-12) | Of which salvation the prophets have inquired | |
| (13-16) | Be ye holy in all manner of conversation | |
| (17-21) | Was manifest in these last times for you | |
| (22-24) | Ye have purified your souls in obeying | |
| (25) | Word of he Lord endureth forever |
| 2. | (1-3) | Wherefore laying aside all |
| (4-8) | Ye ... are built up a spiritual house | |
| (9-10) | But ye are a chosen generation | |
| (11-12) | Abstain from fleshly lusts | |
| (13-20) | Submit yourself to every ordinance of man | |
| (21-25) | Even hereunto were ye called |
| 3. | (1-6) | Wives be in subjection to your own husbands |
| (7) | Likewise ye husbands | |
| (8-13) | Be ye all of one mind | |
| (14-17) | If ye suffer for righteousness sake | |
| (18-22) | Christ also hath once suffered for sins |
| 4. | (1-2) | Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind |
| (3-6) | The time past of our life may suffice | |
| (7) | The end of all things is at hand | |
| (8-11) | Even so minister the same one to another | |
| (12-14) | Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial | |
| (15-16) | If any man suffer as a Christian | |
| (17-19) | Judgment must begin at the house of God |
| 5. | (1-4) | Feed the flock of God which is among you |
| (5-7) | Younger submit yourselves unto the elder | |
| (8-9) | Whom resist stedfast in the faith | |
| (10-11) | stablish strengthen settle you | |
| (12-14) | Greet ye one another |