1Peter:1-5
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Peter ,
an apostle of Jesus Christ ,
to the elect who are sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus ,
Galatia ,
Cappadocia ,
Roman Asia ,
and Bithynia ,
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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father ,
in the sanctification of the spirit ,
unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ ;
Grace and peace be multiplied to you .
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope ,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ;
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and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless ,
which has been kept in heaven for you
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who ,
through faith ,
are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation ,
ready to be revealed in the last days .
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Exult in this ,
though now for a brief moment ,
if need be ,
you have suffered many hardships .
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These are in order that the test of your faith ,
more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire ,
may redound to praise and glory and honor ,
at the revelation of Jesus Christ .
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Him you love ,
though you have never seen him ;
in him you ever believe ,
though even now you see him not ,
and you are rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of glory ,
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as you continually receive the reward of your faith ,
even the salvation of your souls .
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Concerning this salvation the Prophets who prophesied regarding the grace intended for you ,
diligently sought and searched .
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They were searching to know to what time ,
or to what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them kept pointing ,
when he ever testified beforehand concerning the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow .
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It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves ,
but for you ,
that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you ,
by those who preached the gospel to you ,
through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven -
truths into which angels long to look .
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So then brace up your minds ,
be steady in spirit ,
and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you ,
at the revelation of Jesus Christ .
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Like obedient children ,
do not fashion yourselves according to the former passions of your days of ignorance ,
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but become yourselves holy in your whole manner of living ,
as He who has called you is holy ,
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as the Scripture says ,
You shall be holy ,
because I am holy .
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And since you call upon him as Father ,
who impartially judges each one according to his deeds ,
pass the time of your sojourning here in reverence .
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For you well know that not with perishable things ,
with silver or gold ,
were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life ,
received by tradition from your ancestors ;
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but with precious blood ,
like that of a lamb without spot or blemish ,
even the blood of Christ .
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He was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world ,
but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake .
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Through him you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory ;
so that your faith and hope are now in God .
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Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy ,
you must love one another from your hearts ,
fervently .
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For you have been born anew ,
not of perishable ,
but of imperishable seed ,
by the living ,
lasting word of God .
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For ,
All flesh is grass And all its glory like the flower of the grass .
The grass fades ,
The flower falls ,
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But the word of the Lord abides forever .
And this is the word of the gospel which has been told to you .
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Therefore put away all malice ,
all deceit ,
insincerity ,
jealousy ,
and slander of every sort .
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Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation ;
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since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious .
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Come to him then ,
that living Stone ,
rejected indeed by men ,
but chosen by God ,
and precious .
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And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house ,
to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices ,
acceptable to God ,
through Christ Jesus .
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For ,
as Scripture says .
Behold ,
I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone ,
elect ,
precious ,
And he who believes on Him shall never be put to shame .
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For you ,
then ,
that believe ,
is the preciousness ;
but for those who do not believe ,
A stone which the builders rejected ,
The same has become the head stone of the corner ,
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and ,
A stone of stumbling ,
and a rock of offense .
They stumble over it because they are disobeying Gods word ,
and to this they were also appointed .
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But you are an elect race ,
a royal priesthood ,
a holy nation ,
a purchased people ,
that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light -
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you who once were not a people ,
but now are the people of God ;
who were once without mercy ,
but now you have found mercy .
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I beseech you ,
beloved ,
as pilgrims and exiles ,
to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls .
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Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest ;
so that ,
although they are now slandering you as evil-doers ,
they may ,
by beholding your noble conduct ,
come to glorify God ,
in the day of visitation .
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Submit yourselves ,
for the Lords sake ,
to every human authority ;
whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler ,
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or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers .
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For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men .
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Live like free men ;
and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct ,
but be the slaves of God .
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Honor all men .
Love the brotherhood .
Reverence God .
Honor the Emperor .
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Household slaves ,
submit yourselves to your masters in all reverence ;
not only to the kind and gentle ,
but also to the unreasonable .
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For it is an acceptable thing to God ,
if from a sense of duty to him ,
a man endures a wrong ,
even suffering unjustly .
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For what credit is it if ,
when you are struck for a fault ,
you take it patiently ?
But if when you are doing well and suffer for it ,
you always take it patiently ,
this is acceptable with God .
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For this is your calling ;
because Christ also suffered for you ,
leaving you an example ,
so that you should follow in his footsteps ;
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He committed no sin ,
Neither was guile found in his mouth .
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He was reviled ,
and reviled not back .
When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly .
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He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree ,
in order that we might become dead to sins ,
and be alive unto righteousness .
By his wounds you have been healed .
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For you were straying like lost sheep ,
but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls .
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In the same way you wives must be submissive to your own husbands ;
so that if some of them will not believe the message ,
they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives ,
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when they see how pure and reverent you are .
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Your adornment ought not to be the outward adornment of plaited hair and golden jewels and the wearing of beautiful dresses ;
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but rather that hidden personality of the heart ,
the imperishable ornament of a quiet and gentle spirit ,
which in the sight of God is indeed precious .
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For in this way in the olden time the holy women also ,
who put their trust in God ,
used to adorn themselves .
They were ever in submission to their own husbands ;
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thus ,
for example ,
Sarah obeyed Abraham ,
calling him lord .
And you are daughters of Sarah ,
if you do what is right ,
and permit nothing to make you afraid .
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In the same way you husbands live with your wives ,
according to knowledge ,
honoring your wife as of the weaker sex ,
yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life ;
so that your prayers may not be hindered .
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Finally ,
you should all be harmonious ,
sympathetic ,
loving as brothers ,
tender-hearted ,
humble-minded ;
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not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse ,
but on the contrary giving a blessing .
Because for this you have been called -
to inherit a blessing .
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He who would love life and enjoy happy days ,
Let him keep his tongue from evil ,
And his lips from speaking guile ;
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Let him turn from evil and do good ,
Let him seek peace ,
and pursue it .
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For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ,
And his ears are open to their cry ;
But the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers .
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Yet who will harm you if you become zealous for the good ?
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But even if you should suffer in behalf of righteousness ,
you are happy .
Do not be afraid of their terror ,
neither be troubled .
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But consecrate Christ in your hearts ,
as Lord .
Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you ,
yet with gentleness and reverence .
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See that you have a clear conscience ,
so that ,
although they speak of you as evil-doers ,
these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed .
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For it is better that you suffer for doing right ,
if such be Gods will ,
than for doing wrong ;
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because Christ also once for all suffered for sins ,
the just for the unjust ,
that he might bring us to God .
He was put to death in the flesh ,
but make alive in spirit .
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It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison ,
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who in old times had been disobedient ,
when Gods longsuffering was waiting in the days of Noah ,
while an ark was building ,
in which a few persons -
eight in number -
were saved by water .)
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Baptism ,
the counterpart of that ,
now saves you (
not the washing off of the filth of the flesh ,
but the prayer for a good conscience toward God ),
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ .
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He is gone into heaven ,
and is on the right hand of God ;
to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject .
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Since ,
then ,
Christ suffered in the flesh ,
do you also ever arm yourselves with the same mind (
because he who has suffered in the flesh has done with sin ),
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so that in future you may not spend your life in the flesh according to mens desires ,
but in the will of God .
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For the time past of life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles ,
when we spent our life in lasciviousness ,
lusts ,
hard drinking ,
revelry ,
banqueting ,
and abominable idol worship .
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They are astonished at this ,
that you do not run into the same excesses of profligacy as they do ;
and they speak evil of you .
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But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead .
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The gospel was preached for this cause to those who were dead also ,
that they might be judged according to men in flesh ,
but live according to God in spirit .
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But the end of all things is close at hand ;
so be sober ,
watch and pray .
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Above everything have fervent love to one another ;
for love veils a multitude of sins .
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Be hospitable to one another ,
without grudging .
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Whatever the gifts which each has received ,
use them for one another ,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God .
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If any one preaches ,
let him always preach as one who utters Gods truth ;
if any one serves another ,
let it be with the strength which God supplies ;
so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus Christ ,
to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever ,
Amen .
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Do not think it strange ,
beloved ,
that a fiery ordeal has come to test you ,
as though some surprising thing had befallen you .
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But be glad in the degree in which you share in the sufferings of Christ ;
so that when his glory shall be revealed ,
you too may be glad with triumphant gladness .
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If you are being reproached for the name of Christ ,
you are blessed ,
for the spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you .
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But let none of you suffer as a murderer ,
or as a thief ,
or as an evil-doer ,
or as a spy upon other peoples business .
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But if any man is suffering as a Christian ,
let him not be ashamed ;
but let him ever glorify God in this Name .
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It is time for judgment to begin with the household of God ;
and if it first begin with us ,
what shall be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel ?
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If the righteous man is scarcely saved ,
where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ?
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So let those who are suffering according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing ,
as unto a faithful Creator .
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Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal ;
for I am myself a presbyter ,
and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ ,
and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed .
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Be shepherds to your flock of God ;
take charge of them willingly ,
and not through compulsion ;
not for filthy lucre ,
but with a willing mind ;
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not by way of lording it over your heritage ,
but by becoming examples to the flock .
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Then ,
when the Chief Shepherd shall appear ,
you too will receive the fadeless wreath of glory .
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You younger men must submit to the presbyters ;
and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another ,
for God resists the haughty ,
But gives grace to the humble .
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So humble yourselves under Gods mighty hand ,
so that he may exalt you in due time .
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Cast all your care upon him ,
for he ever cares for you .
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Be temperate ,
be vigilant ;
because your enemy ,
the devil ,
is prowling about like a roaring lion ,
seeking whom he may devour .
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Resist him ,
standing firm in the faith ,
knowing well that the same afflictions are being accomplished in your brothers that are in the world .
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But the God of all grace ,
who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory ,
will ,
after you have suffered a while ,
make you perfect ,
stablish ,
strengthen ,
settle you .
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His is the dominion forever and ever ;
Amen .
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By Sylvanus ,
a faithful brother of yours ,
as I suppose ,
I have written you briefly ,
to comfort you ,
and to testify that this is the true grace of God .
In this stand fast .
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Your sister church in Babylon ,
elect with you ,
sends you salutations ,
and so does Marcus ,
my son .
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Salute one another with a kiss of love .
Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus .
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