underscores the theological context of the lives of these “strangers in the world of the diaspora,” directing attention to the aim and work of God in these circumstances. What Peter does not say is almost as important as what he affirms. First, he provides nowhere any hint that the affliction and misery of his audience is the consequence of their sin or God’s judgment. Such categories simply have no place in his letter. Nor does he take the route of other diaspora letters of painting the resolution