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Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to [the] sojourners of [the] dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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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.
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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,
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to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in [the] heavens for you,
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who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time.
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Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
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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:
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whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom [though] not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with [the] glory,
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receiving the end of your faith, [the] salvation of [your] souls.
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Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;
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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.