1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an
apostle of
Jesus Christ, to the
strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the
foreknowledge of
God the
Father, through sanctification of the
Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of
Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be
multiplied.
3 Blessed be the
God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a
lively hope by the
resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the
dead, 4 To an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are
kept by the
power of
God through faith unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the
last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly
rejoice, though
now for a
season, if need be, ye are in
heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the
trial of
your faith, being
much more
precious than of
gold that
perisheth,
though it be
tried with
fire, might be
found unto praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of
Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye
love;
in whom, though
now ye
see him
not, yet believing, ye
rejoice with
joy unspeakable and full of
glory:
9 Receiving the
end of
your faith, even the
salvation of your
souls. 10 Of which salvation the
prophets have
enquired and searched
diligently,
who prophesied of the
grace that should come
unto you: 11 Searching what,
or what
manner of
time the
Spirit of
Christ which was
in them did
signify, when it testified
beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the
glory that should
follow.
12 Unto
whom it was
revealed,
that not unto
themselves, but unto
us they did
minister the
things, which are now reported unto
you by them that have preached the
gospel unto
you with the
Holy Ghost sent
down from heaven; which
things the
angels desire to
look into. 13 Wherefore gird
up the
loins of
your mind, be
sober, and
hope to the
end for the
grace that is to be
brought unto
you at the
revelation of
Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according
to the
former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath
called you is
holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation; 16 Because it is
written, Be
ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call
on the
Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according
to every
man's work, pass the
time of
your sojourning here
in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye
know that ye
were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as
silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers; 19 But with the
precious blood of
Christ, as of a
lamb without
blemish and without
spot: 20 Who
verily was
foreordained before the
foundation of the
world, but was
manifest in these
last times for you, 21 Who by him do
believe in God, that
raised him up from the
dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might
be in God. 22 Seeing ye have
purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the
brethren, see that ye
love one
another with a
pure heart fervently: 23 Being born
again,
not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the
word of
God, which
liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is
as grass, and all the
glory of
man as the
flower of
grass. The
grass withereth,
and the
flower thereof falleth
away:
25 But the
word of the
Lord endureth for ever. And this is the
word which by the gospel is
preached unto you.