1 Peter 1:1-11 ▼

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the chosen sojourners of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you⁺.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One according to His great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out from the dead,

4 into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in the heavens for you⁺,

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

6 In this you⁺ exult, presently for a little while if it is being necessary, having been grieved by various trials,

7 so that the proven genuineness of your⁺ faith, more precious than gold, which is perishing though being proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

8 whom, not having seen, you⁺ love, in whom, presently not seeing yet believing, you⁺ exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory,

9 receiving the outcome of your⁺ faith, the salvation of your souls.

10 Concerning this salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, those having prophesied concerning the grace unto you⁺,

11 searching into what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them was making evident, testifying beforehand unto the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these,