1Peter:1
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Peter ,
an apostle of Jesus Christ ,
to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus ,
Galatia ,
Cappadocia ,
Asia ,
and Bithynia ,
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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 .
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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 ,
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To an inheritance incorruptible ,
and undefiled ,
and that fadeth not away ,
reserved in heaven for you ,
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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time .
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Wherein ye greatly rejoice ,
though now for a season ,
if need be ,
ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations :
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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 :
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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 :
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Receiving the end of your faith ,
even the salvation of your souls .
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Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently ,
who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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As obedient children ,
not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance :
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But as he which hath called you is holy ,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ;
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Because it is written ,
Be ye holy ;
for I am holy .
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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 :
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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 ;
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But with the precious blood of Christ ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot :
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Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world ,
but was manifest in these last times for you ,
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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 .
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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 :
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Being born again ,
not of corruptible seed ,
but of incorruptible ,
by the word of God ,
which liveth and abideth for ever .
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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 :
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But the word of the Lord endureth for ever .
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you .