1 PETER
1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Yahshua the Christ, to the strangers scattered
throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia;
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification
of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Yahshua the
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace be multiplied.
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Yahshua the Christ, Which
according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by
the resurrection of Yahshua the Christ from the dead
4 To an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.
6 In that [salvation] ye greatly rejoice, (although now for a while, if need be,
ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations,)
7 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
Yahshua the Christ;
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom, though now ye see [Him] not [and] yet
believe, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,
9 Receiving the result of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.
10 Of that salvation the prophets, who prophesied of the grace [that should
come] unto you, enquired and searched diligently,
11 Searching unto what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of the Christ which
was in them did show when it testified beforehand the sufferings of the
Christ and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto which [prophets] 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 Spirit sent down from heaven; which things
the angels desire to look into.
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 Yahshua the
Christ.
14 As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance,
15 But as He Which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
behaviour,
16 Because it is written, "Be ye holy; for I am holy."
17 And if ye call on the Father, Who without respect of persons judgeth according to each one's work, pass the time of your
sojourning [here] in fear.
18 Understand that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things [like]
silver and gold from your vain behaviour [received] by tradition from your
fathers,
19 But with the precious blood of the Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot.
20 Verily, this One was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you
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.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another from the heart fervently;
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, [and] by the
word
of God which liveth and abideth.
24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of it as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away;
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever, and this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you.
1 Wherefore laying aside all
malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby,
3 If perhaps ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.
4 To Whom coming, a living stone, disallowed indeed of mankind but chosen of
God [and] precious,
5 Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Yahshua the
Christ,
6 For also it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I lay in Sion
a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on Him shall not be
confounded."
7 Unto you therefore which believe [He is] precious; but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head
of the corner
8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble
at the word, being disobedient to what also they were appointed.
9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of Him Who hath called
you out of darkness into His marvelous light,
10 Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God;
which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims: abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
12 Keep your behaviour honest among the Gentiles, that, whereas they speak
against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works which they shall
behold glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it
be to the king, as supreme,
14 Or to governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of
evildoers and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that
with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish people:
16 As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke
of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear;
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this [is] thankworthy, if any one for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for
your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if, when
ye do well and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable
with God.
21 For even unto this were ye called, because the Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example so that ye should follow His steps
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth;
23 Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened
not, but committed [Himself] to Him That judgeth
righteously;
24 Who His own self bare our sins in His body on the tree, that we, being dead
to sins, should live unto righteousness; by Whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but [ye] are now returned unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
1 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands, in order that if any
obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the behaviour of
the wives
2 While they behold your chaste behaviour [coupled] with fear;
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair
and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel;
4 But [let it be] the hidden person of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women who trusted in
God also adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands,
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are, as
long as ye do well and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell together according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as
being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
8 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as
brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous;
9 Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing, but contrariwise
blessing: for ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 Therefore he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue
from evil and his lips that they speak no guile;
11 Let him eschew evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and His ears [are open]
unto their prayers; but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
13 And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is
good?
14 But also, if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]; moreover, be
not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled,
15 And sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and [be] ready always to [give] an
answer to every one that asketh
you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
16 Keep a good conscience, that, whereas they speak evil of you as of
evildoers, they that falsely accuse your good behaviour in the
Christ may be ashamed:
17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing
rather
than for evil doing.
18 For the Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the
Spirit;
19 By which [Spirit] also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison
20 Which in time past were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God
waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing, wherein few (that is, eight)
souls were saved by water.
21 The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the
putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience
toward God,) by the resurrection of Yahshua the Christ,
22 Who gone into heaven is on the right hand of God, angels and authorities and
powers being made subject unto Him.
1 Forasmuch then as the Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh
hath ceased from sin,
2 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the
lusts of mankind, but to the will of God.
3 For the time past may have been enough to have accomplished the will of the Gentiles, when
we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries;
4 In which they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess
of riot [and] speaking evil,
5 Who shall give account to Him That is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 Therefore for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead: that they might be judged according to mankind in the
flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7 Now the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober and watch unto
prayer,
8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves:
for love shall cover the multitude of sins.
9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
10 As each one received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 If any one speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of
God; if any one minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth, so that God in all things may be glorified through Yahshua the Christ, to Whom be
praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try
you, as though some strange thing happened unto you;
13 But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of the Christ's sufferings, that when His glory shall be revealed
ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of the Christ, happy [are ye], for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you;
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an
evildoer or as a busybody in other people's matters;
16 And if [any one suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, and let him
glorify God on this behalf,
17 For the time [is coming] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if
[it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the
gospel of God?
18 Yea, if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner
appear?
19 Therefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the
keeping of their souls [to Him] in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
1 The elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ
and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not
by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the
flock;
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory
that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
elder. Yea, all [of you] be clothed with humility, for God resisteth
the proud and giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt
you in due time,
7 Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for
you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant, because
your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may
devour;
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 Now the God of all grace Who called us unto His
eternal glory by the Christ, after that ye have suffered a while, shall Himself
perfect you, establish, strengthen, [and] settle [you]:
11 To Him [be] dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you as I reckon, I have written
briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein
ye stand.
13 The [church that is] at
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of love. Peace [be] with you all that are
in the Christ.