1 Peter 2 Study Notes
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2:11-12 Peter commanded his readers to live honorably as holy strangers and exiles so that even hostile Gentile residents of the earth might come to glorify God.
2:13-17 Peter exhorted his readers to be subordinate and respectful to every human authority because of the Lord. He commanded them to submit to governmental and civil authority, acting as free people. The foolish people refers to the Gentiles mentioned in v. 12.
2:18-25 Peter charged household slaves to submit to their masters by doing good, even though they might suffer unjustly. Such behavior brings favor with God. While doing so they are to remember the example of Christ, who suffered unjustly while submitting to God’s will. The phrase by his wounds (cp. Is 53:5) refers to the death of Christ and not to the flogging he suffered at the hands of Roman soldiers (Jn 19:1). By his death believers are healed spiritually.