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1 Peter
New Living Translation → Darby Bible Translation

This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.a

Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to [the] sojourners of [the] dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace.

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.

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,

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,

and we have a priceless inheritance — an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in [the] heavens for you,

And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time.

So be truly glad.b There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold — though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

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:

You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom [though] not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with [the] glory,

The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.

receiving the end of your faith, [the] salvation of [your] souls.

This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.

Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.

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.

They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by [the] Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.

So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, [be] sober [and] hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace [which will be] brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ;

So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;

But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.

but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all [your] conversation;

For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”c

because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.

And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”

And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.

knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,

It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [the blood] of Christ,

God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.

foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among [the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.

You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.d Love each other deeply with all your heart.e

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;

But the word of the Lord remains forever.”f And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

but the word of [the] Lord abides for eternity. But this is the word which in the glad tidings [is] preached to you.

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