1 Peter
Living Hope
3 Blessed
be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ!
According to his great
mercy, he has caused us
to be born again to a
living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,
4 to an inheritance
that is imperishable,
undefiled, and unfading,
kept in heaven for you,
5 who
by God's power are being
guarded through faith for
a salvation ready to be
revealed in the last
time.
6 In
this you rejoice, though
now for a little while,
if necessary, you have
been grieved by various
trials,
7 so
that the tested
genuineness of your
faith—more precious
than gold that perishes
though it is tested by
fire—may be found to
result in praise and
glory and honor at the
revelation of Jesus
Christ.
8 Though
you have not seen him,
you love him. Though you
do not now see him, you
believe in him and
rejoice with joy that is
inexpressible and filled
with glory,
9 obtaining
the outcome of your
faith, the salvation of
your souls.
10 Concerning
this salvation, the
prophets who prophesied
about the grace that was
to be yours searched and
inquired carefully,
11 inquiring
what person or time the
Spirit of Christ in them
was indicating when he
predicted the sufferings
of Christ and the
subsequent glories.
12 It
was revealed to them that
they were serving not
themselves but you, in
the things that have now
been announced to you
through those who
preached the good news to
you by the Holy Spirit
sent from heaven, things
into which angels long to
look.
Be Holy
13 Therefore,
preparing your minds for
action, and being
sober-minded, set your
hope fully on the grace
that will be brought to
you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ.
14 As
obedient children, do not
be conformed to the
passions of your former
ignorance,
15 but
as he who called you is
holy, you also be holy in
all your conduct,
16 since
it is written, “You
shall be holy, for I am
holy.”
17 And
if you call on him as
Father who judges
impartially according to
each one's deeds, conduct
yourselves with fear
throughout the time of
your exile,
18 knowing
that you were ransomed
from the futile ways
inherited from your
forefathers, not with
perishable things such as
silver or gold,
19 but
with the precious blood
of Christ, like that of a
lamb without blemish or
spot.
20 He
was foreknown before the
foundation of the world
but was made manifest in
the last times for your
sake,
21 who
through him are believers
in God, who raised him
from the dead and gave
him glory, so that your
faith and hope are in
God.
22 Having
purified your souls by
your obedience to the
truth for a sincere
brotherly love, love one
another earnestly from a
pure heart,
23 since
you have been born again,
not of perishable seed
but of imperishable,
through the living and
abiding word of God;
24 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
remains forever.”And
this word is the good
news that was preached to
you.
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