1 Peter 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galacia, Cappadocia , Asia , Bithynia, 2 Who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sparkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundant. 3 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 and into a inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade – kept it in heaven for you 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials, 7 these have come so that your faith – of greater worth than the gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him, even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with inexpressible and glories joy. 9 For you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10 Concerning of this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the Grace that was come to you, searched intently and with greatest care, 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached gospel to you by the Holy Spirit send from heaven. Even angles long to look into these things. 13 Therefore, prepare your mind for action, be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it was written: “Be holy, because I am holy”, 17 Since you called on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish and defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, and was revealed in these last times for your sake, 21 through him, you believe in God, who raised him from dead and glorified him, and so you faith and hope are in God. 22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart, 23 For you have been born again, not of a perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For “all men are like grass, and all their glory is like flowers of the field, the grass withers and flowers fall, 25 but the word of the Lord stands forever”, and this is the word that have preached to you.