< 1 Peter 1 >
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 This is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 This is for an inheritance that will not perish, will not become stained, and will not fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 You are protected by God's power through faith, for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last times.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 You are very glad about this, even though it is now necessary for you to feel sadness in many different troubles.
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 This is for the proving of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire. This happens so that your faith will be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 You are now receiving for yourselves the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 The prophets searched and inquired carefully about this salvation, about the grace that would be yours.
Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you:
11 They searched to know about whom and when the Spirit of Christ in them was speaking to them. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glorious things after that.
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 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.
To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Why gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant.
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as the one who called you is holy, you, too, be holy in your whole behavior.
But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation;
16 For it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Because it is written, Be you holy; for I am holy.
17 So if you call “Father” the one who judges impartially and according to each person's work, go through the time of your journey in reverence.
And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers.
For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 Instead, you have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a lamb without blemish or spot.
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Christ was chosen before the foundation of the world, but now he has been revealed to you in these last times.
Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.
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 You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart.
Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 You have been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed, through the living and remaining word of God. (aiōn )
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever. (aiōn )
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the wild flower of the grass. The grass dries up, and the flower falls off,
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away:
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” This is the good news that was announced to you. (aiōn )
But the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you. (aiōn )