1 Peter 1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect exiles of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you. \*

Blessed {is} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from dead ones,

into an imperishable and undefiled and unfading inheritance, having been kept in heaven for you,

the ones being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. \*

In this you greatly rejoice, if now being necessary, having been distressed a little {while} in various trials

so that the genuineness of your faith—more precious than perishing gold, but being tested by fire—might be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ, \*

whom, not having seen, you love; in whom, not seeing {him} now, but believing, you exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory,

receiving for yourselves the outcome of your faith, salvation of your souls.

The prophets searched and inquired carefully about this salvation, having prophesied about this grace for you, \*

inquiring into whom or what time the Spirit of Christ in them was revealing, testifying beforehand {about} the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these things.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, {in} these things which now were declared to you by the ones who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven—into which things angels desire to look. \*

Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope fully in the grace being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

As children of obedience, not being conformed to your former desires in your ignorance, \*

but as the one having called you {is} holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your behavior.

For it is written, “You will be holy, because I {am} holy.”

And if you call “Father” the one judging impartially according to the work of each one, conduct yourselves in fear {during} the time of your sojourn, \*

knowing that you have been redeemed not with perishable things, with silver or with gold, from your futile behavior handed down from your fathers,

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of an unblemished and spotless lamb, \*

having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but having been revealed in the last of the times for you,

those through him believing in God, who has raised him from dead ones and has given him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. \*

Having purified your souls by the obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

having been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. \*

For, “All flesh {is} like grass, and all its glory {is} like the flower of the grass. The grass was dried up, and the flower fell off, 25 but the word of the Lord endures into eternity.” And this is the word that has been proclaimed to you. \*