追求永生是肯定讀不懂的，那也是個油蒙了心的：

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3 願頌讚歸與我們主耶穌基督的父神，他曾照自己的大憐憫，借耶穌基督從死里復活重生了我們，叫我們有活潑的盼望， 
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 可以得着不能朽壞，不能玷污，不能衰殘，為你們存留在天上的基業。 
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,

5 你們這因信蒙神能力保守的人，必能得着所預備，到末世要顯現的救恩。 
who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.