a 2 Pet 1:1
b 1 Pet 2:11
c James 1:1
d Acts 2:9
e Acts 16:6
f Acts 2:9
g Acts 2:9
h Acts 16:7
i Matt 24:22; Luke 18:7
j Rom 8:29; 1 Pet 1:20
k 2 Thess 2:13
m 1 Pet 1:14, 22
n Heb 10:22; 12:24
o 2 Pet 1:2
q 2 Cor 1:3
r Gal 6:16; Titus 3:5
s James 1:18; 1 Pet 1:23
t 1 Pet 1:13, 21; 3:5, 15; 1 Jhn.3.3
u 1 Cor 15:20; 1 Pet 3:21
v Acts 20:32; Rom 8:17; Col 3:24
w 1 Pet 5:4
x 2 Tim 4:8
y John 10:28; Phil 4:7
z Eph 2:8
aa 1 Cor 1:21; 2 Thess 2:13
ab 1 Pet 4:13; 5:1
ac Rom 5:2
ad 1 Pet 5:10
ae 1 Pet 3:17
af James 1:2; 1 Pet 4:12
ai James 1:3
ak 1 Cor 3:13
al Rom 2:7
am Luke 17:30; 1 Pet 1:13; 4:13
an John 20:29
ao Eph 3:19
aq Rom 6:22
as Matt 13:17; Luke 10:24
at Matt 26:24
au 1 Pet 1:13
aw 2 Pet 1:21
ax Matt 26:24
az 1 Pet 1:25; 4:6
ba Acts 2:2-4
bb 1 Tim 3:16
be Eph 6:14
bg 1 Thess 5:6, 8; 2 Tim 4:5; 1 Pet 4:7; 5:8
bh 1 Pet 1:3
bi 1 Pet 1:10
bk 1 Pet 1:7
bm 1 Pet 1:2
bo Rom 12:2; 1 Pet 4:2f
bp Eph 4:18
br 1 Thess 4:7; 1 Jhn.3.3
bt 2 Cor 7:1
bu James 3:13
bv Lev 11:44f; 19:2; 20:7
bw Ps 89:26; Jer 3:19; Matt 6:9
bx Acts 10:34
by Matt 16:27
bz 2 Cor 7:1; Heb 12:28; 1 Pet 3:15
ca 1 Pet 2:11
cc Is 52:3; 1 Cor 6:20; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:12
cd Eph 4:17
ce Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 1:2
cf John 1:29
cg Acts 2:23; Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:2; Rev 13:8
ch Matt 25:34
ci Heb 9:26
ck Heb 2:14
cl Rom 4:24; 10:9
cm John 17:5, 24; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:9
cn 1 Pet 1:3
co 1 Pet 1:2
cp James 4:8
cr John 13:34; Rom 12:10; Heb 13:1; 1 Pet 2:17; 3:8
ct John 3:3; 1 Pet 1:3
cu John 1:13
cv Heb 4:12
cw Is 40:6ff; James 1:10f
cx Is 40:8
cy Heb 6:5

1 Peter 1

A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation

1 aPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who reside as baliens, cscattered throughout dPontus, eGalatia, fCappadocia, gAsia, and hBithynia, iwho are chosen 2according to the jforeknowledge of God the Father, kby the sanctifying work of the Spirit, ▼
▼ Lit unto obedience and sprinkling
to mobey Jesus Christ and be nsprinkled with His blood: oMay grace and peace ▼
▼ Lit be multiplied for you
be yours in the fullest measure.

3 qBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who raccording to His great mercy shas caused us to be born again to ta living hope through the uresurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to obtain an vinheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and wwill not fade away, xreserved in heaven for you, 5who are yprotected by the power of God zthrough faith for aaa salvation ready abto be revealed in the last time. 6 acIn this you greatly rejoice, even though now adfor a little while, aeif necessary, you have been distressed by afvarious ▼
▼ Or temptations
trials, 7so that the ▼
▼ Or genuineness
 , aiproof of your faith, being more precious than gold which ▼
▼ Lit perishes
is perishable, akeven though tested by fire, almay be found to result in praise and glory and honor at amthe revelation of Jesus Christ; 8and anthough you have not seen Him, you aolove Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and ▼
▼ Lit glorified
full of glory, 9obtaining as aqthe outcome of your faith the salvation of ▼
▼ One early ms does not contain your
your souls.

10 asAs to this salvation, the prophets who atprophesied of the augrace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries, 11 ▼
▼ Or inquiring
seeking to know what person or time awthe Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He axpredicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories ▼
▼ Lit after these
to follow. 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who azpreached the gospel to you by bathe Holy Spirit sent from heaven— things into which bbangels long to ▼
▼ Or gain a clear glimpse
look.

13Therefore, ▼
▼ Lit gird the loins of your mind
 , beprepare your minds for action, ▼
▼ Lit be sober
 , bgkeep sober in spirit, fix your bhhope completely on the bigrace ▼
▼ Or which is announced
to be brought to you at bkthe revelation of Jesus Christ. 14As ▼
▼ Lit children of obedience
 , bmobedient children, do not ▼
▼ Or conform yourselves
 , bobe conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your bpignorance, 15but ▼
▼ Lit according to
 , brlike the Holy One who called you, ▼
▼ Or become
 , btbe holy yourselves also buin all your behavior; 16because it is written, bv“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

17If you bwaddress as Father the One who bximpartially byjudges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves bzin fear during the time of your castay on earth; 18knowing that you were not ▼
▼ Or ransomed
 , ccredeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your cdfutile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19but with precious ceblood, as of a cflamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20For He was cgforeknown before chthe foundation of the world, but has ciappeared ▼
▼ Lit at the end of the times
in these last times ckfor the sake of you 21who through Him are clbelievers in God, who raised Him from the dead and cmgave Him glory, so that your faith and cnhope are in God.

22Since you have coin obedience to the truth cppurified your souls for a ▼
▼ Lit unhypocritical
 , crsincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from ▼
▼ Two early mss read a clean heart
the heart, 23for you have been ctborn again cunot of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring cvword of God. 24For, cw“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
 25 cx But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is cythe word which was ▼
▼ Lit preached as good news to you
preached to you.
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