1Pet 1
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion
in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be
multiplied.
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Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great
mercy engendered us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead,
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to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved
in heaven for you,
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who by the power of God are guarded through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed
in the last time.
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Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been
put to grief in manifold trials,
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that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perishes though
it is proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation
of Jesus Christ:
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whom not having seen you love; on whom, though now you see him not, yet believing,
you rejoice greatly 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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Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied
of the grace that [should come] to you:
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searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them
did point to, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories
that should follow them.
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To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these
things, which now have been announced to you through them that preached the gospel
to you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look
into.
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Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly
on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts
in [the time of] your ignorance:
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but like as he who called you is holy, be you yourselves also holy in all manner of
living;
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because it is written, You shall be holy; for I am holy.
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And if you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according
to each man`s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
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knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold,
from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
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but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:
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who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at
the end of times for your sake,
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who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him
glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth to unfeigned love
of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
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having been engendered again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through
the word of God, which lives and abides.
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For, All flesh is as grass, And all its glory as the flower of grass. The
grass withers, and the flower falls:
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But the word of the Lord abides for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which
was preached to you.