1 Peter 1
1 PETROS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, to the chosen-ones and sojourners who are scattered in Pontos and in Galatia, and in Kapadukia, and in Asia, and in Bithunia:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,
2 them who are elected by the foreknowledge of Aloha the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be unto obedience, and unto the sprinkling of the blood of Jeshu Meshiha: grace and peace be multiplied with you.
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the setting apart of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
3 Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has given us another birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
4 and to the inheritance which is not corruptible, and not defiled, and not to be consumed, which is prepared for you in heaven,
into an imperishable and undefiled and unfading inheritance, already reserved in the heavens for you,
5 while you are kept by the power of Aloha and through faith, unto the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last times;
who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 wherein you will rejoice for ever, though in this little time you are afflicted by manifold temptations which pass over you;
You should be overjoyed about this, even if just now, briefly, of necessity, you have been distressed by a variety of trials,
7 that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha;
so that the demonstrated genuineness of your faith (much more precious than gold that perishes, albeit tested through fire) may translate into praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ
8 whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:
—whom not having understood you love, into whom believing (not yet seeing) you exult with joy inexpressible, already glorified,
9 that you may receive the recompence of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
obtaining for yourselves the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 That salvation which the prophets investigated when they prophesied concerning the grace which was to be given unto you,
Concerning this salvation the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and inquired diligently,
11 and searched into, what time the Spirit of the Meshiha who dwelt in them showed and testified of the future sufferings of the Meshiha, and his glory which (should be) after them.
investigating into whom, or what sort of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating as He testified beforehand the sufferings that would be inflicted on Christ and the glories that would follow them.
12 And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look.
It was revealed to them that they were not ministering these things to themselves, but to you; which things have now been announced to you by those who proclaimed the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things that angels really desire to look into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds, and be fully wakeful, and hope for the joy that cometh to you at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha;
Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, staying sober, rest your hope fully upon the grace being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ—
14 as obedient children, and not partaking again of the former desires which you desired when ignorant.
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts as in your ignorance,
15 But be holy in all your conversations, as he is holy who calleth you;
but just as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your way of life,
16 because it is written, Be ye holy, as I also am holy.
because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 And if you call him Father before whom there is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every man according to his works, with fear conduct you in this time of your sojourn;
Also, since you invoke as Father the One who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves during the time of your sojourn here in fear,
18 while you know that not with silver which wasteth away, nor with gold, you have been redeemed from your vain works which you received from your fathers,
knowing that it was not with perishable things (silver or gold) that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down by your forefathers,
19 but with the precious blood of the Lamb spotless and unblemished, who is the Meshiha;
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a faultless and pure lamb;
20 who was afore-separated for this from before the foundations of the world, and hath been manifested in these last times for you,
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake,
21 who by him believe in Aloha, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and your hope may be in Aloha.
who through Him are believing into God, who raised Him out from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are into God.
22 Let your souls be sanctified in obedience to the truth, and be filled with the charity which respecteth not persons, that with a pure heart and perfect you may love one another,
Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit, resulting in sincere brotherly love, you must love one another fervently from a pure heart,
23 as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
having been begotten again, not from a corruptible seed but an incorruptible, through the living Word of God that remains valid forever. (aiōn g165)
24 Because all flesh is grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower drieth up,
For: “All flesh is as grass, and all man's glory as flower of grass. The grass withers and its flower falls off, but the Lord's word endures forever.”
