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- I PETER 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
- scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
- Bithynia,
- I PETER 1:2 Elect 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.
- I PETER 1:3 Blessed {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,
- I PETER 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and
- that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
- I PETER 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
- salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- I PETER 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season,
- if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
- I PETER 1:7 That 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:
- I PETER 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye
- see {him} not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and
- full of glory:
- I PETER 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, {even} the salvation
- of your {souls}.
- I PETER 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and
- searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace {that should
- come} unto you:
- I PETER 1:11 Searching 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.
- I PETER 1:12 Unto 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.
- I PETER 1:13 Wherefore 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;
- I PETER 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
- according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
- I PETER 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
- holy in all manner of conversation;
- I PETER 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
- I PETER 1:17 And 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:
- I PETER 1:18 Forasmuch 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;
- I PETER 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
- without blemish and without spot:
- I PETER 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of
- the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
- I PETER 1:21 Who 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.
- I PETER 1:22 Seeing 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:
- I PETER 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
- incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
- ever.
- I PETER 1:24 For 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:
- I PETER 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this
- is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- I PETER 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
- hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- I PETER 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the
- word, that ye may grow thereby:
- I PETER 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord {is} gracious.
- I PETER 2:4 To whom coming, {as unto} a living stone, disallowed
- indeed of men, but chosen of God, {and} precious,
- I PETER 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual
- house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
- acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- I PETER 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
- Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and
- he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
- I PETER 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe {he is} precious:
- but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders
- disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
- I PETER 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
- {even to them} which stumble at the word, being disobedient:
- whereunto also they were appointed.
- I PETER 2:9 But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
- an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
- praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
- marvellous light;
- I PETER 2:10 Which in time past {were} not a people, but {are}
- now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have
- obtained mercy.
- I PETER 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech {you} as strangers and
- pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- I PETER 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles:
- that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by
- {your} good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the
- day of visitation.
- I PETER 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the
- Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
- I PETER 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him
- for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that
- do well.
- I PETER 2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye
- may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- I PETER 2:16 As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of
- maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- I PETER 2:17 Honour all {men}. Love the brotherhood. Fear God.
- Honour the king.
- I PETER 2:18 Servants, {be} subject to {your} masters with all
- fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
- I PETER 2:19 For this {is} thankworthy, if a man for conscience
- toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
- I PETER 2:20 For what glory {is it}, if, when ye be buffeted for
- your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well,
- and suffer {for it}, ye take it patiently, this {is} acceptable
- with God.
- I PETER 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ
- also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
- follow his steps:
- I PETER 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his
- mouth:
- I PETER 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
- suffered, he threatened not; but committed {himself} to him that
- judgeth righteously:
- I PETER 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on
- the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
- righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- I PETER 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now
- returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- I PETER 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, {be} in subjection to your own
- husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without
- the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
- I PETER 3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation {coupled}
- with fear.
- I PETER 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward {adorning}
- of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of
- apparel;
- I PETER 3:4 But {let it be} the hidden man of the heart, in that
- which is not corruptible, {even the ornament} of a meek and quiet
- spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
- I PETER 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women
- also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection
- unto their own husbands:
- I PETER 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
- daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with
- any amazement.
- I PETER 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with {them} according to
- knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker
- vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that
- your prayers be not hindered.
- I PETER 3:8 Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion
- one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous:
- I PETER 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:
- but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called,
- that ye should inherit a blessing.
- I PETER 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let
- him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no
- guile:
- I PETER 3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek
- peace, and ensue it.
- I PETER 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord {are} over the righteous,
- and his ears {are open} unto their prayers: but the face of the
- Lord {is} against them that do evil.
- I PETER 3:13 And who {is} he that will harm you, if ye be
- followers of that which is good?
- I PETER 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
- {are ye}: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
- I PETER 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and {be}
- ready always to {give} an answer to every man that asketh you a
- reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
- I PETER 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak
- evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely
- accuse your good conversation in Christ.
- I PETER 3:17 For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that
- ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- I PETER 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
- just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to
- death in the flesh, but quickened by the spirit:
- I PETER 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits
- in prison;
- I PETER 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
- longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
- was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by
- water.
- I PETER 3:21 The like figure whereunto {even} baptism doth also
- now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but
- the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection
- of Jesus Christ:
- I PETER 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of
- God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto
- him.
- I PETER 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the
- flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that
- hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- I PETER 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time
- in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- I PETER 4:3 For the time past of {our} life may suffice us to
- have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
- lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings,
- and abominable idolatries:
- I PETER 4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with
- {them} to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of {you}:
- I PETER 4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge
- the quick and the dead.
- I PETER 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
- them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in
- the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
- I PETER 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
- sober, and watch unto prayer.
- I PETER 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among
- yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- I PETER 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- I PETER 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, {even so}
- minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
- manifold grace of God.
- I PETER 4:11 If any man speak, {let him speak} as the oracles of
- God; if any man minister, {let him do it} as of the ability which
- God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus
- Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- I PETER 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery
- trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened
- unto you:
- I PETER 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
- Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
- may be glad also with exceeding joy.
- I PETER 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy
- {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on
- their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
- glorified.
- I PETER 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a
- thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's
- matters.
- I PETER 4:16 Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not
- be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- I PETER 4:17 For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at
- the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the
- end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?
- I PETER 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
- the ungodly and the sinner appear?
- I PETER 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will
- of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing,
- as unto a faithful Creator.
- I PETER 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also
- an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
- partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
- I PETER 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the
- oversight {thereof}, not by constraint, but willingly; not for
- filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- I PETER 5:3 Neither as being lords over {God's} heritage, but
- being ensamples to the flock.
- I PETER 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
- receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
- I PETER 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
- elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be
- clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth
- grace to the humble.
- I PETER 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
- God, that he may exalt you in due time:
- I PETER 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
- you.
- I PETER 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
- devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
- devour:
- I PETER 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
- same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in
- the world.
- I PETER 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto
- his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a
- while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.
- I PETER 5:11 To him {be} glory and dominion for ever and ever.
- Amen.
- I PETER 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I
- suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that
- this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
- I PETER 5:13 The {church that is} at Babylon, elected together
- with {you}, saluteth you; and {so doth} Marcus my son.
- I PETER 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace
- {be} with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.