60_1PE_01_01 Peter , an apostle of Jesus Christ , to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , And Bithynia ,
60_1PE_01_02 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father , through sanctification of the spirit , unto obedience And sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ : grace unto you , And peace , be multiplied .
60_1PE_01_03 blessed [ be ] the God And Father of our LORD Jesus Christ , which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto A lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ,
60_1PE_01_04 to an inheritance incorruptible , And undefiled , And that fadeth not away , reserved in heaven for you ,
60_1PE_01_05 who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time .
60_1PE_01_06 wherein ye greatly Rejoice , though now for A season , if need be , ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations :
60_1PE_01_07 that the trial of your faith , being much more precious than of gold that perisheth , though it be tried with fire , might be found unto praise And honour And glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ :
60_1PE_01_08 whom having not seen , ye love ; in whom , though now ye see [ him ] not , yet believing , ye Rejoice with joy unspeakable And full of glory :
60_1PE_01_09 receiving the end of your faith , [ even ] the salvation of [ your ] souls .
60_1PE_01_10 of which salvation the prophets have inquired And searched diligently , who prophesied of the grace [ that should come ] unto you :
60_1PE_01_11 searching what , or what manner of time the spirit of Christ which was in them did signify , when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ , And the glory that should follow .
60_1PE_01_12 unto whom it was revealed , that not unto themselves , but unto us they did minister the things , which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to Look into .
60_1PE_01_13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind , be sober , And hope to the end for the grace that Is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ ;
60_1PE_01_14 as obedient children , not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance :
60_1PE_01_15 but as he which hath called you Is holy , So be ye holy in all manner of conversation ;
60_1PE_01_16 because it Is written , be ye holy ; for I am holy .
60_1PE_01_17 And if ye call on the Father , who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work , pass the time of your sojourning [ here ] in Fear :
60_1PE_01_18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things , [ as ] silver And gold , from your vain conversation [ received ] by tradition from your fathers ;
60_1PE_01_19 but with the precious blood of Christ , as of A lamb without blemish And without spot :
60_1PE_01_20 who Verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world , but was manifest in These last times for you ,
60_1PE_01_21 who by him do believe in God , that raised him up from the dead , And gave him glory ; that your faith And hope might be in God .
60_1PE_01_22 seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren , [ see that ye ] love one another with A pure heart fervently :
60_1PE_01_23 being born again , not of corruptible seed , but of incorruptible , by the word of God , which liveth And abideth for ever .
60_1PE_01_24 for all flesh [ Is ] as grass , And all the glory of man as the flower of grass . the grass withereth , And the flower thereof falleth away :
60_1PE_01_25 but the word of the LORD endureth for ever . And this Is the word which by the gospel Is preached unto you .