KefaKefa = Peter (Greek for Rock)�s First Letter, Chapter 1
{1:1} [1>]Kefa[<1], an apostle of Yeshua the Messiah, to the chosen
ones who are living as aliens in the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, {1:2} according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Yeshua the Messiah: Grace to you and shalom
be multiplied. {1:3} Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua
the Messiah, who according to his great mercy became the father of us
again to a living hope by the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from
the dead, {1:4} to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance, and
that doesn't fade away, reserved in heaven for you, {1:5} who by the
power of God are guarded through faith to 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 and glory and honor at the revelation of
Yeshua the Messiah -- {1:8} whom not having known you love; on whom,
though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with
joy unspeakable and full of glory -- {1:9} receiving the end 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 what or what kind
of time the Spirit of Messiah, which was in them, pointed to, when he
testified beforehand the sufferings of Messiah, and the glories that
should follow them. {1:12} To whom 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 Good News to you
by the [2>]Ruach HaKodesh[<2] sent out from heaven; which things
angels desire to look into. {1:13} Therefore, prepare your minds for
action, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that will be
brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah -- {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 Messiah;
{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, that 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:
[6] {5:20} Kefa = Peter (Greek for Rock)
[1] {1:1} Kefa = Peter (Greek for Rock)
[2] {1:12} Holy Spirit
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