The central theme of the present paragraph is salvation. God has granted the privilege of rebirth so that Peter and his readers possess a “living hope” and a glorious “inheritance.” The suffering of this life takes nothing away from the treasure the Lord has prepared so that even in the suffering God’s saints may rejoice.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,