1 Peter 1
Salutation |
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappado'cia,
Asia, and Bithyn'i-a,
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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.
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The Christian's Hope
and Salvation |
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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,
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to an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you,
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who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time.
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Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now
for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations:
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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 honor and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ:
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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:
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receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls.
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Of which salvation the prophets have
inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace
that should come unto you:
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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.
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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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A Call to Holy
Living |
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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;
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as obedient children, not fashioning
yourselves according to the former lusts in your
ignorance:
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but as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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because it is written, Be ye holy; for I
am holy. Lev. 11.44, 45 ; 19.2
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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:
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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;
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but with the precious blood of Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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who verily was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you,
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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.
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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:
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being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and
abideth for ever.
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For all flesh is as grass,
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and all the glory of man as the flower of
grass. |
The grass withereth, |
and the flower thereof falleth
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but the word of the Lord endureth for
ever. Is. 40.6-9
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And this is the word which by the gospel
is preached unto you. |