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1Peter 1
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1I, Peter, am an apostle on assignment by Jesus, the Messiah, writing to exiles scattered to the four winds. Not one is missing, not one forgotten.G4074G652G2424G5547G3927G1290G4195G1053G2587G773G2532G978 2God the Father has his eye on each of you, and has determined by the work of the Spirit to keep you obedient through the sacrifice of Jesus. May everything good from God be yours!G1588G2596G4268G2316G3962G1722G38G4151G1519G5218G2532G4473G129G2424G5547G5485G5213G2532G1515G4129

A New Life

3What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for,G2128G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G3588G2596G846G4183G1656G313G2248G313G1519G2198G1680G1223G386G2424G5547G1537G3498 4including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!G1519G2817G862G2532G283G2532G263G5083G1722G3772G1519G5209 5God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all—life healed and whole.G3588G5432G1722G1411G2316G1223G4102G1519G4991G2092G601G1722G2078G2540 6I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.G1722G3739G21G737G3641G1487G1163G2076G3076G1722G4164G3986 7Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory.G2443G1383G5216G4102G4183G5093G5553G622G1223G1161G1381G4442G2147G1519G1868G2532G5092G2532G1391G1722G602G2424G5547 8You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him—with laughter and singing.G3739G1492G3756G1492G1492G25G1519G3739G737G3708G3361G1161G4100G21G5479G412G2532G1392 9Because you kept on believing, you'll get what you're looking forward to: total salvation.G2865G5056G5216G4102G4991G5590 10The prophets who told us this was coming asked a lot of questions about this gift of life God was preparing.G4012G3739G4991G4396G1567G2532G1830G3588G4395G4012G5485G1519G5209 11The Messiah's Spirit let them in on some of it—that the Messiah would experience suffering, followed by glory. They clamored to know who and when.G2045G1519G5101G2228G4169G2540G4151G5547G3588G1722G846G1213G4303G3804G1519G5547G2532G1391G3326G5023 12All they were told was that they were serving you, you who by orders from heaven have now heard for yourselves—through the Holy Spirit—the Message of those prophecies fulfilled. Do you realize how fortunate you are? Angels would have given anything to be in on this!G3739G601G3754G3756G1438G1161G2254G1247G846G3739G312G3568G312G5213G1223G2097G5209G1722G40G4151G649G575G3772G3739G32G1937G3879G1519

A Future in God

13So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives.G1352G328G3751G5216G1271G3525G1679G5049G1909G5485G5342G5213G1722G602G2424G5547 14Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now.G5613G5218G5043G3361G4964G4386G1939G1722G5216G52 15As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness.G235G2596G2564G5209G40G2532G1096G846G40G1722G3956G391 16God said, "I am holy; you be holy."G1360G1125G1096G40G3754G1473G1510G40 17You call out to God for help and he helps—he's a good Father that way. But don't forget, he's also a responsible Father, and won't let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.G2532G1487G1941G3962G3588G678G2919G2596G1538G2041G390G5550G5216G3940G1722G5401 18It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in.G1492G3754G3084G3756G3084G5349G694G2228G5553G1537G5216G3152G391G3970 19He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb.G235G5093G129G5547G5613G286G299G2532G784 20And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you.G3303G4267G4253G2602G2889G1161G5319G1909G2078G5550G1223G5209 21It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.G3588G1223G846G4100G1519G2316G1453G846G1453G1537G3498G2532G1325G846G1391G5620G5216G4102G2532G1680G1511G1519G2316 22Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.G48G5216G5590G1722G5218G225G1223G4151G1519G505G5360G25G240G1537G2513G2588G1619 23Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!G313G3756G1537G5349G4701G235G862G1223G3056G2316G2198G2532G3306G1519G165 24That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,G1360G3956G4561G5613G5528G2532G3956G1391G444G5613G438G5528G5528G3583G2532G438G846G1601 25God's Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.G1161G4487G2962G3306G1519G165G1161G5124G2076G4487G3588G2097G1519G5209


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