Since we are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, meaning that this world is not our home, We are just passing through, what manner of people ought we to be. How should we represent ourselves to the world in the way that interact with each other. Peter has previously addressed how we should interact with the government, how slaves should interact with their masters, how wives should interact with their husband, and how husbands should interact with their wife. Now he is addressing how Christians should interact with other Christians.