1:1 simwn petros doulos kai apostolos ihsou cristou tois isotimon hmin lacousin pistin en dikaiosunh tou qeou hmwn kai swthros hmwn ihsou cristou

1:2 caris umin kai eirhnh plhqunqeih en epignwsei tou qeou kai ihsou tou kuriou hmwn

1:3 ws panta hmin ths qeias dunamews autou ta pros zwhn kai eusebeian dedwrhmenhs dia ths epignwsews tou kalesantos hmas dia doxhs kai areths

1:4 di wn ta megista hmin kai timia epaggelmata dedwrhtai ina dia toutwn genhsqe qeias koinwnoi fusews apofugontes ths en kosmw en epiqumia fqoras

1:5 kai auto touto de spoudhn pasan pareisenegkantes epicorhghsate en th pistei umwn thn arethn en de th areth thn gnwsin

1:6 en de th gnwsei thn egkrateian en de th egkrateia thn upomonhn en de th upomonh thn eusebeian

1:7 en de th eusebeia thn filadelfian en de th filadelfia thn agaphn

1:8 tauta gar umin uparconta kai pleonazonta ouk argous oude akarpous kaqisthsin eis thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou epignwsin

1:9 w gar mh parestin tauta tuflos estin muwpazwn lhqhn labwn tou kaqarismou twn palai autou amartiwn

1:10 dio mallon adelfoi spoudasate bebaian umwn thn klhsin kai ekloghn poieisqai tauta gar poiountes ou mh ptaishte pote

1:11 outws gar plousiws epicorhghqhsetai umin h eisodos eis thn aiwnion basileian tou kuriou hmwn kai swthros ihsou cristou

1:12 dio ouk amelhsw umas aei upomimnhskein peri toutwn kaiper eidotas kai esthrigmenous en th paroush alhqeia

1:13 dikaion de hgoumai ef oson eimi en toutw tw skhnwmati diegeirein umas en upomnhsei

1:14 eidws oti tacinh estin h apoqesis tou skhnwmatos mou kaqws kai o kurios hmwn ihsous cristos edhlwsen moi

1:15 spoudasw de kai ekastote ecein umas meta thn emhn exodon thn toutwn mnhmhn poieisqai

1:16 ou gar sesofismenois muqois exakolouqhsantes egnwrisamen umin thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou dunamin kai parousian all epoptai genhqentes ths ekeinou megaleiothtos

1:17 labwn gar para qeou patros timhn kai doxan fwnhs enecqeishs autw toiasde upo ths megaloprepous doxhs outos estin o uios mou o agaphtos eis on egw eudokhsa

1:18 kai tauthn thn fwnhn hmeis hkousamen ex ouranou enecqeisan sun autw ontes en tw orei tw agiw

1:19 kai ecomen bebaioteron ton profhtikon logon w kalws poieite prosecontes ws lucnw fainonti en aucmhrw topw ews ou hmera diaugash kai fwsforos anateilh en tais kardiais umwn

1:20 touto prwton ginwskontes oti pasa profhteia grafhs idias epilusews ou ginetai