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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
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who are being protected by God's power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to be distressed by various trials
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so that the genuineness of your faith-more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire-may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.