1 Peter 1

1Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

2according to a 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!

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

3Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

4And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

4to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

5Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.

5who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,

6You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

6in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

7So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

7that the proof of your faith--much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved--may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

8To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

8whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

9For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

9receiving the end of your faith--salvation of souls;

10For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

10concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,

11Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.

11searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

12And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

12to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

13So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

13Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

14Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

14as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

15But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

15but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

16Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.

16because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

17And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

17and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

18Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

18having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

19But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

19but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--Christ's--

20Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

21Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

21who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

22Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

23Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

23being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

24For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

24because all flesh <FI>is<Fi> as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

25But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

25and the saying of the Lord doth remain--to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.