I. Introduction — to the sojourning believers under the operation of the Triune God — 1:1-2
II. The full salvation of the Triune God and its issues — 1:3-25
A. The Father’s regeneration — unto a living hope, an inheritance kept in the heavens and ready to be revealed at the last time — vv. 3-9
B. The Spirit’s application — through the prophets’ prophesying and the apostles’ preaching — vv. 10-12
C. Christ’s redemption — unto a holy life by the holy nature and unto brotherly love through purification by the sanctifying truth, based on regeneration by the incorruptible seed through the living word of God — vv. 13-25