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| 1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, | 1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, |
| 2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. | 2Elect 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. |
| 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, | 3Blessed 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, |
| 4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, | 4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, |
| 5who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. | 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. |
| 6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, | 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: |
| 7so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. | 7That 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: |
| 8Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, | 8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: |
| 9obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. | 9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. |
| 10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, | 10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: |
| 11inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. | 11Searching 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. |
| 12It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. | 12Unto 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. |
| 13Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. | 13Wherefore 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; |
| 14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, | 14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: |
| 15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, | 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; |
| 16since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” | 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. |
| 17And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, | 17And 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: |
| 18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, | 18Forasmuch 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; |
| 19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. | 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: |
| 20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you | 20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, |
| 21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. | 21Who 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. |
| 22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, | 22Seeing 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: |
| 23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; | 23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. |
| 24for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, | 24For 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: |
| 25but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. | 25But 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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