Peter, an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia,
02 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit,
unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be
multiplied.
03 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,
04 To an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven for you,
05 Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time.
06 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a
season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through
manifold temptations:
07 That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it
be tried with fire, might be found unto praise
and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ:
08 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:
09 Receiving the end of your faith, even the
salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired
and searched diligently, who prophesied of the
grace that should come unto you:
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.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the
things, which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached the gospel unto you with the
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things
the angels desire to look into.
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13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is
to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus
Christ;
14 As obedient children, not fashioning
yourselves according to the former lusts in your
ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be
ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am
holy.
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:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from
your vain conversation received by tradition from
your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him
up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your
faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory
of man as the flower of grass. The grass
withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you.
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