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1 Peter 1:1-25
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2
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.
 3 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,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 * Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready
to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now
for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 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: 8 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: 9 Receiving the end of your
faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have
enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto
you: 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. 12 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; 14 As obedient children,
not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But
as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;  16 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: 18 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; 19 But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was
foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you, 21 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. 22 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: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 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: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by
the gospel is preached unto you.
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