1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To [the] chosen sojourners of [the] Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, VP
2 according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father, in [the] sanctification of [the] Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you⁺. VP
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the [One] according to His great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ out from [the] dead, VP
4 into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in [the] heavens for you⁺, VP
5 who, in [the] power of God, [are] being guarded through faith for [the] salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time. VP
6 In this you⁺ exult, presently [for] a little [while] if it is being necessary, having been grieved by various trials, VP
7 so that the proven genuineness of your⁺ faith, more precious than gold, which [is] perishing though being proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ, VP
8 whom, not having seen, you⁺ love, in whom, presently not seeing yet believing, you⁺ exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory, VP
9 receiving the outcome of your⁺ faith, [the] salvation of [your] souls. VP
10 Concerning this salvation [the] prophets sought out and searched out, those having prophesied concerning the grace unto you⁺, VP
11 searching into what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them was making evident, testifying beforehand unto the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these, VP
12 to whom it was revealed that they were ministering not to themselves but to you⁺ in these things, which now were proclaimed to you⁺ through those having proclaimed the gospel to you⁺ in [the] Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven, into which angels long to look. VP
13 Therefore having girded up the loins of your⁺ mind, being sober, hope completely upon the grace being brought to you⁺ in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ, VP
14 as children of obedience, not being conformed to the passions in your⁺ former ignorance. VP
15 But according as the [One] having called you⁺ [is] holy, be holy yourselves also in all [your] conduct, VP
16 because it has been written: “You⁺ shall be holy, because I am holy.” VP
17 And if you⁺ call on [as] Father the [One] judging impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves in fear in the time of your⁺ sojourn, VP
18 knowing that not with perishable things—with silver or with gold—were you⁺ redeemed from your⁺ futile conduct handed down from [your] fathers, VP
19 but with precious blood as of a lamb unblemished and spotless—of Christ— VP
20 having been foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but having been made manifest in the last times on account of you⁺, VP
21 who through Him [are] believers in God, the [One] having raised Him out from [the] dead and having given Him glory, so as for your⁺ faith and hope to be in God. VP
22 Having purified your⁺ souls in the obedience of the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another earnestly, out of a pure heart, VP
23 having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by [the] word of God, living and abiding, VP
24 because, “All flesh [is] like grass, and all [the] glory of it like a flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell off, VP
25 but the word of [the] Lord remains to the age.” And this is the word having been proclaimed [as] good news to you⁺. VP