1Peter:1:1-9

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* Peter , an apostle of Jesus Christ , to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia , * 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 . * 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 , * To an inheritance incorruptible , and undefiled , and that fadeth not away , reserved in heaven for you , * Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time . * Wherein ye greatly rejoice , though now for a season , if need be , ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : * 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 : * 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 : * Receiving the end of your faith , even the salvation of your souls .

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