Peter writes to a church living in a pagan culture which was persecuting them. Peter encourages the believers to understand who they are in Christ and to be living stones being built into the house of God. He warns them they will feel like exiles and foreigners but that’s ok, just be godly strangers, citizens of another Kingdom but known in the world for your goodness. Finally in the church he calls them to be loving servants caring for one another and using their gifts to serve others.