First Epistle of Peter
Chapter 1
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,
1:2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ; may grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to the greatness of his mercy has given us second birth, into the hope of salvation, because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 into an inheritance that is incorruptible, unimpaired, and unfailing, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 who are being guarded by the power of God, through faith, for the salvation made ready to be revealed in the end time,
1:6 in which you exult, though you still have distress for a little while if necessary in various trials,
1:7 which happen so that the testing of your faith, much more valuable than gold which perishes, but is tested through fire, may be found out to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed,
1:8 whom you love without having seen; in whom you believe, still having not looked upon; yet you exult with a joy that is indescribable and full of glory,
1:9 obtaining for yourselves the goal of your faith: the salvation of your souls.
1:10 About which salvation the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that was coming to your benefit, sought out and researched,
1:11 trying to find out exactly which time or what kind of time the spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when he testified beforehand to the sufferings of Christ and these glorious things that come after.
1:12 It was shown to them it was not for themselves but for you they were being stewards of these things, which have now been announced to you through those who evangelized you in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Which things the angels wish they could look into.
1:13 Therefore, girding up the loins of your mind, be perfectly sober, and place your hope on the grace being brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:14 Like obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the longings you had in your former ignorance,
1:15 but rather, in accordance with the holy one who called you, you must become holy as well, in all your conduct,
1:16 because it is written: "You shall be holy, because I am holy."
1:17 And if you invoke as Father him who without respect to faces judges the work of each person, spend this time of your sojourning in fear,
1:18 knowing it was not with corruptible things, silver or gold, that you were redeemed from the futile way of life passed on to you from your ancestors,
1:19 but rather with blood very dear, as of a lamb without blemish or defect, the blood of Christ,
1:20 foreknown before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the latter of times for your sakes,
1:21 who by way of him are believers in God, the one who has raised him from the dead and given him glory. So your faith and hope are in God.
1:22 Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth toward brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
1:23 having been regenerated, not by corruptible seed but by incorruptible, through the living and abiding word of God;
1:24 because all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass dries up, and its flower falls off,
1:25 but the word of the Lord abides for ever. And this is the word that was announced to you.
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