1 PETER 1
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those-elect Sojourners scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in Heaven for you,
1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold trials:
1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ;
1:8 Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see Him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the Salvation of your souls.
1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you;
1:11 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.
1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you through them that have preached the gospel unto you in the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1:13 Therefore, 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;
1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1:15 But as He who has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conduct;
1:16 Because it is written, "Be you holy; for I am holy" (Lv 11:44).
1:17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear;
1:18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not Redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conduct received by tradition from your fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who truly was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1:21 Who through Him do believe in God, who raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you fervently love one another with a pure heart;
1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding word of God.
1:24 For "all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls away" .
1:25 "But the word of the Lord abides forever."(Is 40:6, 8). And this is the word: the goodnews proclaimed unto you.1 PETER 2
2:1 Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, so that you may grow thereby;
2:3 If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
2:4 To whom coming, as unto a Living Stone, Rejected indeed by men, but chosen of God, and precious,
2:5 You also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
2:6 Therefore also it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Head Corner Stone, elect, precious; and he who believes on Him shall not be disgraced" (Is 28:16).
2:7 Therefore, unto you who believe He is precious; but unto those who are disobedient, "The Stone which the builders rejected, the Same is made the Head Cornerstone" (Ps 118:22),
2:8 And "A Stone of Stumbling, and a Rock of Offense (Is 8:14), even to those who stumble at the word, being disobedient; unto which also they were appointed.
2:9 But you are a chosen generation, "A Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation" (Ex 19:6), a peculiar people; so that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light;
2:10 Who in times past "Were not a people, but are now the people of God" (Hos 1:10); and who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:12 Having your conduct honest among the Gentiles; so that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:14 Or unto governors, as unto those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men
2:16 As free, but not using your liberty for a covering for maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
2:19 For this is commendable, if a man for conscience-sake toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
2:20 For what glory is it, if, when you are beaten for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
2:21 For even unto this you were called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps;
2:22 Who did no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth:
2:23 Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
2:24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, so that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
2:25 For you were as sheep going astray; but have now returned unto the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.1 PETER 3
3:1 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conduct of the wives;
3:2 While they behold your chaste conduct coupled with fear.
3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
3:4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, in that which is incorruptible, even the that of a gentile and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great value.
3:5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with no anxiety.
3:7 Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto a weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; so that your prayers are not hindered.
3:8 Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; knowing that you are for this called, so that you should inherit a blessing.
3:10 For "He who will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
3:11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil" (Ps 34:12-16).
3:13 And who is he who will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?
3:14 But if even you suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are you; and do not be afraid of their terror, nor be troubled;
3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you for a reason of the hope that is in you with gentleness and fear:
3:16 Having a good conscience; so that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ.
3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
3:18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made-alive by the Spirit:
3:19 By which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
3:20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved through water;
3:21 which also for you prefigures now saving baptism; not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
3:22 Who is on the Right Hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.1 PETER 4
4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind; for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
4:3 For sufficient is the time past for the desire of the Gentiles to have been carried out, having walked in sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
4:4 Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same overflow of dissipation, speaking evil of you:
4:5 Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to those who are dead, so that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
4:7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be you carefully-minded, and sober unto prayers.
4:8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love shall cover the multitude of sins.
4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
4:10 As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
4:11 If any man speaks, do so as being the oracles of God; if any man ministers, let him do so with the strength which God supplies; so that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery-trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened unto you;
4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His Glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
4:14 If you are reproached in the Name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you; on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
4:18 And if the righteous with-difficulty are saved, where shall-appear the ungodly and the sinner?
4:19 Therefore also, let those who suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.1 PETER 5
5:1 The elders who are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for greedy-gain, but eagerly-willing;
5:3 Nor as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock.
5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
5:5 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.
Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time:
5:7 Casting all your cares upon Him; for He cares for you.
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour;
5:9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
5:10 But the God of all grace, who has called us unto His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
5:11 To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein you stand.
5:13 She (the church) who is in Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you; and so does Marcus my son.
5:14 Greet you one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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