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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
Pet 1:1-25
CHAPTER 1:
Peter, an apostle
of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the
Dispersion in
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in
sanctification
of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus
Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a
living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled and that does not
fade away, reserved
in heaven for you,
who are kept
by the power of God through faith for salvation
ready to be revealed
in the last time.
In this you greatly
rejoice, though now for a little while, if need
be, you have
been grieved by various trials,
that the genuineness
of your faith, being much more precious
than gold that
perishes, though it is tested by fire, may befound
to praise, honor,
and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
whom having not
seen you love. Though now you do not see
Him, yet believing,
you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of
glory, receiving
the end of your faith-- the salvation of your souls.
Of this salvation
the prophets have inquired and searched
carefully, who
prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
searching what,
or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who
was in them was
indicating when He testified beforehand the
sufferings of
Christ and the glories that would follow.
To them it was
revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they
were ministering
the things which now have been reported to
you through those
who have preached the gospel to you by the
Holy Spirit sent
from heaven-- things which angels desire to look
into.
Therefore gird
up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest
your hope fully
upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of
Jesus Christ;
as obedient children,
not conforming yourselves to the former
lusts, as in
your ignorance;
but as He who
called you is holy, you also be holy in all your
conduct, because
it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."
And if you call
on the Father, who without partiality judges
according to
each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout
the time of your
stay here in fear;
knowing that
you were not redeemed with corruptible things,
like silver or
gold, from your aimless conduct received by
tradition from
your fathers,
but with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without
spot.
He indeed was
foreordained before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest
in these last times for you
who through Him
believe in God, who raised Him from the dead
and gave Him
glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Since you have
purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit in
sincere love of the brethren, love one another
fervently with
a pure heart,
having been born
again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible,
through the word
of God which lives and abides forever,
because "All
flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the
flower of the
grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
But the word
of the Lord endures forever." Now this is the word
which by the
gospel was preached to you.
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