1 Peter 1:1-9 ▼

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

2 according to [the] foreknowledge of God the Father, by [the] sanctification of the Spirit, to [the] obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you!

3 Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness begot us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

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

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

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

7 so that the proof of your faith—much more precious than gold that is perishing, and being approved through fire—may be found to [result in] praise, and honor, and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

8 whom, having not seen, you love, in whom, now believing [although] not seeing, you are glad with unspeakable joy and have been filled with glory,

9 receiving the outcome of the faith—salvation of your souls;