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1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect,
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
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who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you,
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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.
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who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:
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In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,
7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
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so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;
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Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.
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Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry,
11 Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them did signify, when it foretold those sufferings that are in Christ and the glories that should follow.
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inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.
12 To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.
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It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!
13 Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
14 As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance,
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Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.
15 But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:
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Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;
16 Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
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for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
17 And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.
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If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile.
18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:
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You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled
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but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
20 Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:
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He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.
21 Who through him are faithful in God who raised him up from the dead and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.
22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:
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Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
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You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.
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For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.
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but the word of the Lord endures forever." That word is the good news that was announced to you.
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