1 Peter 1

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A Greeting from Peter

¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen^a

¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the chosen sojourners of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood:

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

A Living Hope

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth^a into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One according to His great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out from the dead,

⁴and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

⁴into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in the heavens for you,

⁵who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁵who are being guarded in the power of God through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁶In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

⁶In this you exult, presently for a little while if it is being necessary, having been grieved by various trials,

⁷so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

⁷so that the proven genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold, which is perishing though being proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

⁸Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

⁸whom, not having seen, you love, in whom, presently not seeing yet believing, you exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory,

⁹now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

⁹receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

¹⁰Concerning this salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, those having prophesied concerning the grace unto you,

¹¹trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

¹¹searching into what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them was making evident, testifying beforehand unto the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these,

¹²It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

¹²to whom it was revealed that they were ministering not to themselves but to you in these things, which now were proclaimed to you through those having proclaimed the gospel to you in the Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven, into which angels long to look.

A Call to Holiness

¹³Therefore prepare your minds for action.^a Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope completely upon the grace being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹⁴As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

¹⁴as children of obedience, not being conformed to the passions in your former ignorance.

¹⁵But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

¹⁵But according as the One having called you is holy, be holy yourselves also in all your conduct,

¹⁶for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”^a

¹⁶because it has been written: “You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

¹⁷Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.

¹⁷And if you call on as Father the One judging impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves in fear in the time of your sojourn,

¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

¹⁸knowing that were you redeemed from your futile conduct handed down from your fathers, not with perishable things—with silver or with gold—

¹⁹but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

¹⁹but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless,

²⁰He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

²⁰having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest in the last times on account of you,

²¹Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

²¹who through Him are believers in God, the One having raised Him out from the dead and having given Him glory, so as for your faith and hope to be in God.

The Enduring Word

²²Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.^a

²²Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another earnestly, out of a pure heart,

²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

²³having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by the word of God, living and abiding,

²⁴For,

“All flesh is like grass,

and all its glory like the flowers of the field;

the grass withers and the flowers fall,

²⁴because, “All flesh is like grass, and all the glory of it like a flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell off,

²⁵but the word of the Lord stands forever.”^a

And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

²⁵but the word of the Lord remains to the age.” And this is the word having been proclaimed as good news to you.