1 Peter 1

1 Peter apostle Jesus Christ select stranger dispersion Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,

2 according to foreknowledge God father in/on/among holiness spirit/breath: spirit toward obedience and sprinkling blood Jesus Christ grace you and peace to multiply

chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May more and more grace and peace be granted to you.

3 praiseworthy the/this/who God and father the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ the/this/who according to the/this/who much it/s/he mercy to beget me toward hope to live through/because of resurrection Jesus Christ out from dead

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 toward inheritance incorruptible and pure and unfading to keep: protect in/on/among heaven toward (you *NK(O)*)

to an inheritance imperishable, undefiled and unfading, which has been reserved in Heaven for you,

5 the/this/who in/on/among power God to guard through/because of faith toward salvation ready to reveal in/on/among time/right time last/least

whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age.

6 in/on/among which to rejoice little/few now if be necessary to be (to grieve *NK(o)*) in/on/among various temptation/testing: testing

Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.

7 in order that/to the/this/who testing you the/this/who faith (valuable *N(k)O*) gold the/this/who to destroy through/because of fire then to test to find/meet toward praise and (toward *o*) glory and honor in/on/among revelation Jesus Christ

The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.

8 which no (to perceive: see *N(k)O*) to love toward which now not to see: see to trust (in) then (to rejoice *NK(o)*) joy inexpressible and to glorify

Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,

9 to bring/be repaid the/this/who goal/tax the/this/who faith you salvation soul

while you are securing as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.

10 about which salvation to seek out and to search out prophet the/this/who about the/this/who toward you grace to prophesy

There were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which was to come to you.

11 to look for/into toward which? or what? time/right time to make clear the/this/who in/on/among it/s/he spirit/breath: spirit Christ to predict the/this/who toward Christ suffering and the/this/who with/after this/he/she/it glory

They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.

12 which to reveal that/since: that no themself (you *N(K)O*) then to serve it/s/he which now to report you through/because of the/this/who to speak good news you in/on/among spirit/breath: spirit holy to send away from heaven toward which to long for angel to stoop

To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you, when they foretold the very things which have now been openly declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy Spirit which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News. Angels long to stoop and look into these things.

13 therefore to gird the/this/who loins the/this/who mind you be sober completely to hope/expect upon/to/against the/this/who to bear/lead you grace in/on/among revelation Jesus Christ

Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.

14 as/when child obedience not to conform to the/this/who previously in/on/among the/this/who ignorance you desire

And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,

15 but according to the/this/who to call: call you holy and it/s/he holy in/on/among all behaviour to be

but--in imitation of the holy One who has called you--you also must be holy in all your habits of life.

16 because to write (that/since: that *no*) holy (to be *N(k)(o)*) that/since: since I/we holy (to be *NK*)

Because it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy."

17 and if father to call (on)/name the/this/who impartially to judge according to the/this/who each work in/on/among fear the/this/who the/this/who sojourning you time to live/return

And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your stay here on earth,

18 to know that/since: that no perishable money or gold to ransom out from the/this/who futile you behaviour from forefathers

knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,

19 but precious blood as/when lamb blameless and spotless Christ

but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.

20 to know/choose on the other hand before beginning world to reveal then upon/to/against (last/least *N(k)O*) the/this/who time through/because of you

He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,

21 the/this/who through/because of it/s/he (faithful *N(k)O*) toward God the/this/who to arise it/s/he out from dead and glory it/s/he to give so the/this/who faith you and hope to exist toward God

are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.

22 the/this/who soul you to purify in/on/among the/this/who obedience the/this/who truth (through/because of spirit/breath: spirit *K*) toward brotherly love genuine out from clean heart one another to love fervently

Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

23 to beget no out from seed perishable but incorruptible through/because of word to live God and to stay (toward the/this/who an age: eternity *K*) (aiōn g165)

For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life. (aiōn g165)

24 because all flesh as/when grass and all glory (it/s/he *N(K)O*) as/when flower grass to dry the/this/who grass and the/this/who flower (it/s/he *K*) to fall out

"All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off;

25 the/this/who then declaration lord: God to stay toward the/this/who an age: eternity this/he/she/it then to be the/this/who declaration the/this/who to speak good news toward you (aiōn g165)

But the word of the Lord remains for ever." And that means the Message which has been proclaimed among you in the Good News. (aiōn g165)