The exhortation in vv. 1-10 is based on what is unveiled in ch. 1. Three main things accomplished in the believers by the Triune God are stressed in ch. 1: the Father's regeneration (1 Pet. 1:3, 23), the Son's redemption (1 Pet. 1:2, 18-19), and the Spirit's sanctification (1 Pet. 1:2). These make the believers a holy people, who live a holy life (1 Pet. 1:15-16). Based on this, Peter charged the believers to grow in life (v. 2) for the building up of a spiritual house (v. 5).