1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia,
1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and
peace, be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a
living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6 In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if
need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than
of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found
to praise, and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus
Christ:
1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see
[him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and
full of glory:
1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of
[your] souls.
1:10 Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should
come] to you:
1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us
they ministered the things which are now reported to you by
them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit
sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look
into.
1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and
hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according
to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1:15 But as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of deportment.
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of
your sojourning [here] in fear:
1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain course
of life [received] by tradition from your fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the
world, but was manifested in these last times for you,
1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the
dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in
God.
1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that
ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever.
1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as
the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower
falleth away:
1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the
word which by the gospel is preached to you.
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