something being said or mentioned? Why would or will this happen? Why at this time? Why this person? First Peter 5:12 explains why and how Peter wrote this epistle, establishing the book’s purpose: to exhort and testify that this is the true grace of God, that they may stand firm in it. How will it happen? How is it to be done? How is it illustrated? In 1 Peter 5:2, note how the elders are to exercise oversight: voluntarily and eagerly, according to the will of God. Every time you study a passage of the