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1:1 Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to [the] sojourners of [the]
dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1:2 elect according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father,
by sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto [the] obedience and
sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and
peace be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a
living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ from
among [the] dead,
1:4 to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance,
reserved in [the] heavens for you,
1:5 who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for
salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time.
1:6 Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed,
put to grief by various trials,
1:7 that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of
gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to
praise and glory and honour in [the] revelation of Jesus
Christ:
1:8 whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom [though] not now
looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and
filled with [the] glory,
1:9 receiving the end of your faith, [the] salvation of [your]
souls.
1:10 Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of
the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;
1:11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of
Christ which [was] in them pointed out, testifying before of
the sufferings which [belonged] to Christ, and the glories
after these.
1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you
they ministered those things, which have now been announced to
you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by [the]
Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look
into.
1:13 Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, [be]
sober [and] hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace [which
will be] brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ;
1:14 as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former
lusts in your ignorance;
1:15 but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in
all [your] conversation;
1:16 because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.
1:17 And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of
persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time
of sojourn in fear,
1:18 knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible
[things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed
down from [your] fathers,
1:19 but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot, [the blood] of Christ,
1:20 foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world,
but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,
1:21 who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among
[the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should
be in God.
1:22 Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to
unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart
fervently;
1:23 being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
1:24 Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the]
flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has
fallen;
1:25 but the word of [the] Lord abides for eternity. But this is
the word which in the glad tidings [is] preached to you.
2:1 Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and
hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
2:2 as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of
the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
2:3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
2:4 To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as
worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
2:5 yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a
spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
2:6 Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in
Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on
him shall not be put to shame.
2:7 To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to
the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as
worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,
2:8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble
at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been
appointed.
2:9 But *ye* [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the
excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his
wonderful light;
2:10 who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who
were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
2:11 Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that
[as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they
may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them],
glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
2:13 Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for
the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
2:14 or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers,
and praise to them that do well.
2:15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to
silence the ignorance of senseless men;
2:16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice,
but as God's bondmen.
2:17 Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour
the king.
2:18 Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not
only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
2:19 For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake
towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
2:20 For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye
shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall
bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
2:21 For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has
suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in
his steps:
2:22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
2:23 who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering,
threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him
who judges righteously;
2:24 who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order
that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by
whose stripes ye have been healed.
2:25 For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to
the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
3:1 Likewise, wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that,
even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained
without [the] word by the conversation of the wives,
3:2 having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in
fear;
3:3 whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of
hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
3:4 but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible
[ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of
God is of great price.
3:5 For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God
heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own
husbands;
3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye
have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of
consternation.
3:7 [Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to
knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving
[them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life,
that your prayers be not hindered.
3:8 Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of
brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on
the contrary, blessing [others], because ye have been called to
this, that ye should inherit blessing.
3:10 For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause
his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no
guile.
3:11 And let him avoid evil, and do good; l