1 Peter 1:13-25 draws of the consequences of the preceding verses (vv. 3-12) to the life-style of the Christian community. Christians have been given a new birth (v. 3) into a heavenly inheritance (v. 4) through the gospel proclaimed to them (v. 12). For a little while they will be in the midst of diverse tribulations, but they are preserved by God until the moment when Christ is revealed. So now they are exhorted to have their minds prepared with hopes perfectly fixed "on the grace offered" to them until the manifestation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:3-12 is the opening berakah of the epistle. A berakah is a blessing addressed to God . In 1 Peter, it sets the theological motive for the rest of the epistle which has three main parts (Dalton, "First Epistle of Peter" in NJBC) : The Dignity of the Christian Vocation and its Responsibilities (1:3-2:10), The Witness of Christian Life (2:11-3:12), and The Christian and Persecution (3:13-5:11). The sub-section constituted by 1:3-12 is set apart from 1:13 by the word Dio, (dio) "therefore", which begins another sub-section on the vocation to holiness (1:13-2:10).