Though this text has been misused to propagate inequality, this passage is actually advocates for the Christian response of those who find themselves  both in positions of power or lack thereof in the conventional spectrums of social and domestic inequality.

This text is a controversial passage about being willing to submit unto death, like Christ, for the sake of the gospel and a testimony for God. 

This text is full of metaphor and imagery concerning the church and it's members. Peter relays to his struggling audience that they are chosen, special, and developing through the past and present work of Jesus. 

In light of the present inheritance and future salvation to be gained from the return of Christ, those who suffer and experience hardship should live a life ready to serve and love genuinely as they are loved by Jesus Christ. 

This episode introduces the first letter of Peter to the diaspora (exiled) Christians who are experiencing alienation and suffering as they seek to follow the life of Jesus Christ. Peter relates to them their hope and future despite their present circumstances.

This text wraps up Jesus teaching about him in both literal and spiritual metaphor. This series of teachings  known as the Sermon on the Mount is ultimately a revelation of who Jesus is, leaving them in amazement that Jesus can authoritatively speak about he Kingdom of God as the true Messiah. 

In this text, Jesus warns against false prophets and those who appear to follow God but who's deeds are not in fact for God. There are many, he explains, that do good deeds but in fact do not know Jesus, and, therefore, are not a true a disciple. 

Jesus explains that the narrow door that leads to the Kingdom of God is narrow, difficult to get through, yet is accessible by request only. 

Jesus  warns about the repercussions of judging others and implies that the source of judgment can orginate in one's own sin: both trying to cover it up or being blind to it.  

Jesus  teaches about worry (anxiety) and how it relates to ones perspective of the Kingdom. Jesus contrasts the nature of survival of the individual in contrast to the experience of one's life as the measure of true dependence