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1 PETER |
Chapter 1
1PE 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who
reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus,
Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are
chosen
1PE 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the
Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be
sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be
yours in fullest measure.
1PE 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His
great mercy has caused us to be born again to a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,
1PE 1:4 to obtain an inheritance which is
imperishable and undefiled and will not fade
away, reserved in heaven for you,
1PE 1:5 who are protected by the power of
God through faith for a salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.
1PE 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, even
though now for a little while, if necessary, you
have been distressed by various trials,
1PE 1:7 that the proof of your faith,
being more precious than gold which is
perishable, even though tested by fire, may be
found to result in praise and glory and honor at
the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1PE 1:8 and though you have not seen Him,
you love Him, and though you do not see Him now,
but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy
inexpressible and full of glory,
1PE 1:9 obtaining as the outcome of your
faith the salvation of your souls.
1PE 1:10 As to this salvation, the
prophets who prophesied of the grace that would
come to you made careful search and inquiry,
1PE 1:11 seeking to know what person or
time the Spirit of Christ within them was
indicating as He predicted the sufferings of
Christ and the glories to follow.
1PE 1:12 It was revealed to them that
they were not serving themselves, but you, in
these things which now have been announced to
you through those who preached the gospel to you
by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven - - things
into which angels long to look.
1PE 1:13 Therefore, gird your minds for
action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope
completely on the grace to be brought to you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1PE 1:14 As obedient children, do not be
conformed to the former lusts which were yours
in your ignorance,
1PE 1:15 but like the Holy One who called
you, be holy yourselves also in all your
behavior;
1PE 1:16 because it is written, "You
shall be holy, for I am holy."
1PE 1:17 And if you address as Father the
One who impartially judges according to each
man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during
the time of your stay upon earth;
1PE 1:18 knowing that you were not
redeemed with perishable things like silver or
gold from your futile way of life inherited from
your forefathers,
1PE 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a
lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of
Christ.
1PE 1:20 For He was foreknown before the
foundation of the world, but has appeared in
these last times for the sake of you
1PE 1:21 who through Him are believers in
God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him
glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1PE 1:22 Since you have in obedience to
the truth purified your souls for a sincere love
of the brethren, fervently love one another from
the heart,
1PE 1:23 for you have been born again not
of seed which is perishable but imperishable,
that is, through the living and abiding word of
God.
1PE 1:24 For, "All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass. The
grass withers, And the flower falls off,
1PE 1:25 But the word of the Lord abides
forever. "And this is the word which was
preached to you.
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Chapter 2
1PE 2:1
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all
guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
1PE 2:2 like newborn babes, long for the
pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow
in respect to salvation,
1PE 2:3 if you have tasted the kindness
of the Lord.
1PE 2:4 And coming to Him as to a living
stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious
in the sight of God,
1PE 2:5 you also, as living stones, are
being built up as a spiritual house for a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1PE 2:6 For this is contained in
Scripture: "Behold I lay in Zion a choice stone,
a precious corner stone, And he who believes in
Him shall not be disappointed."
1PE 2:7 This precious value, then, is for
you who believe. But for those who disbelieve,
"The stone which the builders rejected, This
became the very corner stone,"
1PE 2:8 and, "A stone of stumbling and a
rock of offense"; for they stumble because they
are disobedient to the word, and to this doom
they were also appointed.
1PE 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for
God's own possession, that you may proclaim the
excellencies of Him who has called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light;
1PE 2:10 for you once were not a people,
but now you are the people of God; you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1PE 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens
and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts,
which wage war against the soul.
1PE 2:12 Keep your behavior excellent
among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in
which they slander you as evildoers, they may on
account of your good deeds, as they observe
them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1PE 2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's
sake to every human institution, whether to a
king as the one in authority,
1PE 2:14 or to governors as sent by him
for the punishment of evildoers and the praise
of those who do right.
1PE 2:15 For such is the will of God that
by doing right you may silence the ignorance of
foolish men.
1PE 2:16 Act as free men, and do not use
your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it
as bondslaves of God.
1PE 2:17 Honor all men; love the
brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
1PE 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your
masters with all respect, not only to those who
are good and gentle, but also to those who are
unreasonable.
1PE 2:19 For this finds favor, if for the
sake of conscience toward God a man bears up
under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
1PE 2:20 For what credit is there if,
when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure
it with patience? But if when you do what is
right and suffer for it you patiently endure it,
this finds favor with God.
1PE 2:21 For you have been called for
this purpose, since Christ also suffered for
you, leaving you an example for you to follow in
His steps,
1PE 2:22 who committed no sin, nor was
any deceit found in His mouth;
1PE 2:23 and while being reviled, He did
not revile in return; while suffering, He
uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself
to Him who judges righteously;
1PE 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in
His body on the cross, that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you
were healed.
1PE 2:25 For you were continually
straying like sheep, but now you have returned
to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
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Chapter 3
1PE 3:1 In
the same way, you wives, be submissive to your
own husbands so that even if any of them are
disobedient to the word, they may be won without
a word by the behavior of their wives,
1PE 3:2 as they observe your chaste and
respectful behavior.
1PE 3:3 And let not your adornment be
merely external - - braiding the hair, and
wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;
1PE 3:4 but let it be the hidden person
of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in
the sight of God.
1PE 3:5 For in this way in former times
the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to
adorn themselves, being submissive to their own
husbands.
1PE 3:6 Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord, and you have become her
children if you do what is right without being
frightened by any fear.
1PE 3:7 You husbands likewise, live with
your wives in an understanding way, as with a
weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant
her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life,
so that your prayers may not be hindered.
1PE 3:8 To sum up, let all be harmonious,
sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble
in spirit;
1PE 3:9 not returning evil for evil, or
insult for insult, but giving a blessing
instead; for you were called for the very
purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
1PE 3:10 For, "Let him who means to love
life and see good days Refrain his tongue from
evil and his lips from speaking guile.
1PE 3:11 "And let him turn away from evil
and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.
1PE 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are
upon the righteous, And His ears attend to their
prayer, But the face of the Lord is against
those who do evil."
1PE 3:13 And who is there to harm you if
you prove zealous for what is good?
1PE 3:14 But even if you should suffer
for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed.
And do not fear their intimidation, and do not
be troubled,
1PE 3:15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in
your hearts, always being ready to make a
defense to everyone who asks you to give an
account for the hope that is in you, yet with
gentleness and reverence;
1PE 3:16 and keep a good conscience so
that in the thing in which you are slandered,
those who revile your good behavior in Christ
may be put to shame.
1PE 3:17 For it is better, if God should
will it so, that you suffer for doing what is
right rather than for doing what is wrong.
1PE 3:18 For Christ also died for sins
once for all, the just for the unjust, in order
that He might bring us to God, having been put
to death in the flesh, but made alive in the
spirit;
1PE 3:19 in which also He went and made
proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
1PE 3:20 who once were disobedient, when
the patience of God kept waiting in the days of
Noah, during the construction of the ark, in
which a few, that is, eight persons, were
brought safely through the water.
1PE 3:21 And corresponding to that,
baptism now saves you - - not the removal of
dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a
good conscience - - through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ,
1PE 3:22 who is at the right hand of God,
having gone into heaven, after angels and
authorities and powers had been subjected to
Him.
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Chapter 4
1PE 4:1
Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the
flesh, arm yourselves also with the same
purpose, because he who has suffered in the
flesh has ceased from sin,
1PE 4:2 so as to live the rest of the
time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of
men, but for the will of God.
1PE 4:3 For the time already past is
sufficient for you to have carried out the
desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course
of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousals,
drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
1PE 4:4 And in all this, they are
surprised that you do not run with them into the
same excess of dissipation, and they malign you;
1PE 4:5 but they shall give account to
Him who is ready to judge the living and the
dead.
1PE 4:6 For the gospel has for this
purpose been preached even to those who are
dead, that though they are judged in the flesh
as men, they may live in the spirit according to
the will of God.
1PE 4:7 The end of all things is at hand;
therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit
for the purpose of prayer.
1PE 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your
love for one another, because love covers a
multitude of sins.
1PE 4:9 Be hospitable to one another
without complaint.
1PE 4:10 As each one has received a
special gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1PE 4:11 Whoever speaks, let him speak,
as it were, the utterances of God; whoever
serves, let him do so as by the strength which
God supplies; so that in all things God may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs
the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1PE 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at
the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you
for your testing, as though some strange thing
were happening to you;
1PE 4:13 but to the degree that you share
the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing; so
that also at the revelation of His glory, you
may rejoice with exultation.
1PE 4:14 If you are reviled for the name
of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit
of glory and of God rests upon you.
1PE 4:15 By no means let any of you
suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or
a troublesome meddler;
1PE 4:16 but if anyone suffers as a
Christian, let him not feel ashamed, but in that
name let him glorify God.
1PE 4:17 For it is time for judgment to
begin with the household of God; and if it
begins with us first, what will be the outcome
for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1PE 4:18 And if it is with difficulty
that the righteous is saved, what will become of
the godless man and the sinner?
1PE 4:19 Therefore, let those also who
suffer according to the will of God entrust
their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what
is right.
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Chapter 5
1PE 5:1
Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as
your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings
of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that
is to be revealed,
1PE 5:2 shepherd the flock of God among
you, exercising oversight not under compulsion,
but voluntarily, according to the will of God;
and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
1PE 5:3 nor yet as lording it over those
allotted to your charge, but proving to be
examples to the flock.
1PE 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd
appears, you will receive the unfading crown of
glory.
1PE 5:5 You younger men, likewise, be
subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe
yourselves with humility toward one another, for
God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to
the humble.
1PE 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore,
under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt
you at the proper time,
1PE 5:7 casting all your anxiety upon
Him, because He cares for you.
1PE 5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the
alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about
like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1PE 5:9 But resist him, firm in your
faith, knowing that the same experiences of
suffering are being accomplished by your
brethren who are in the world.
1PE 5:10 And after you have suffered for
a little while, the God of all grace, who called
you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself
perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
1PE 5:11 To Him be dominion forever and
ever. Amen.
1PE 5:12 Through Silvanus, our faithful
brother (for so I regard him), I have written to
you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this
is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!
1PE 5:13 She who is in Babylon, chosen
together with you, sends you greetings, and so
does my son, Mark.
1PE 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of
love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ.
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