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 choice sojourners of the dispersion of 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 a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to 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 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

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

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens 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, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto 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,

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow 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 -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in 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, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

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

receiving the end of your faith -- salvation of 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 seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,

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 in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

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 to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

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 having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in 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 obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

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

but according as He who did call you holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

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

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because 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 on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

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,

having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by 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 unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

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

foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

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 do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may 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,

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

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

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;

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,

because all flesh as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

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

and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.