Peter's First Letter, Chapter 1
{1:1} Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are
living as strangers in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia, {1:2} according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus
Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be
multiplied. {1:3} Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
{1:4} to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade
away, reserved in heaven for you, {1:5} who by the power of God are
guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time. {1:6} Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, {1:7}
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that
perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in
praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--{1:8} whom
not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet
believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of
glory--{1:9} receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your
souls. {1:10} Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to
you, {1:11} searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of
Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the
sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. {1:12}
To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they
minister these things, which now have been announced to you through
those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from
heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
{1:13} Therefore, [1>]prepare your minds for action,[<1] be sober
and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ--{1:14} as children of obedience, not
conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your
ignorance, {1:15} but just as he who called you is holy, you
yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; {1:16} because it is
written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy." {1:17} If you call on him
as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each
man's work, pass the time of your living as strangers here in reverent
fear: {1:18} knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible
things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down
from your fathers, {1:19} but with precious blood, as of a lamb
without spot, the blood of Christ; {1:20} who was foreknown indeed
before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of
times for your sake, {1:21} who through him are believers in God, who
raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and
hope might be in God.
{1:22} Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the
truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one
another from the heart fervently: {1:23} having been born again, not
of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God,
which lives and remains forever. {1:24} For,
"All flesh is like grass,
And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls;
{1:25} But the Lord's word endures forever."
This is the word of good news which was preached to you.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:13} Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"
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