1 ¶ Peter, apostle of Jesus, the Christ, to the strangers scattered in Pontus, in Galatia, in Cappadocia, in Asia, and in Bithynia,

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2 c hosen (according to the foreknowledge of God the Father) in sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, the Christ, Grace and peace, be multiplied unto you.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

3 ¶ Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 u nto the incorruptible inheritance that cannot be defiled and that does not fade away, conserved in the heavens for you,

unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 w ho are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 ¶ In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

7 t hat the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

8 w hom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 r eceiving the end of your faith, even the saving health of your souls.

receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

10 ¶ Of which saving health the prophets, (who prophesied of the grace that was to come in you) have enquired and searched diligently;

Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

11 s earching when and in what point of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, which announced beforehand the afflictions that were to come upon the Christ, and the glory that should follow them.

searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

12 U nto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves, but unto us they did administer the things, which are now announced unto you by those that have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into.

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into.

13 ¶ Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14 a s obedient sons, not conforming yourselves with the former desires that you had before in your ignorance,

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

15 b ut as he who has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

16 f or it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

17 A nd if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,

And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

18 k nowing that ye have been ransomed from your vain conversation (which you received from your fathers), not with corruptible things like silver and gold,

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

19 b ut with the precious blood of the Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without contamination,

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ:

20 a lready ordained from before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for love of you,

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

21 w ho by him do believe God, who raised him up from the dead and has given him glory: that your faith and hope might be in God.

who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

22 H aving purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

23 b eing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

24 ¶ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

25 b ut the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.