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In answer it may be said that Peter, as an involved and concerned general leading pastor of the scattered Christians in Paul's area of ministry (see Acts 9:32; 15:6-11), during Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea and in Rome (Acts 22–24), when Paul was not able to minister to them, would have written to them and to their own local pastors (5:1-5) this letter of encouragement and admonition in language they would have come to expect from Paul as pastor and shepherd, assisted by Silvanus, whom Peter mentions (1 Peter 5:12), one of those who had traveled and ministered with Paul, and a man who knew him intimately.

In answer it may be said that Peter, as an involved and concerned general leading pastor of the scattered Christians in Paul's area of ministry (see Acts 9:32; 15:6-11), during Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea and in Rome (Acts 22–24), when Paul was not able to minister to them, would have written to them and to their own local pastors (5:1-5) this letter of encouragement and admonition in language they would have come to expect from Paul as pastor and shepherd, assisted by Silvanus, whom Peter mentions (1 Peter 5:12), one of those who had traveled and ministered with Paul, and a man who knew him intimately.

The letter can be divided into five sections:

The letter can be divided into five sections: