1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 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.
chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied.
3 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,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
for an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heavens for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,
7 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:
so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
8 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:
Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,
9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.
receiving back the outcome of your faith, the salvation of souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:
About which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently. Men who prophesied about the grace for 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.
searching for what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ in them indicated, predicting the sufferings in Christ, and the glories after these things.
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.
To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good news to you in the Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things agents longed to stoop to see.
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;
Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
because it is written, Become ye holy, since 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:
And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn 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;
Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
but by precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted-of Christ,
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
who was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times because of 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.
men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to 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:
men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age. (aiōn g165)
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:
Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,
