1Peter 1
1From Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ - To God's chosen people who live as refugees scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.G4074G652G2424G5547G3927G1290G4195G1053G2587G773G2532G9782You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be purified by his blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure.G1588G2596G4268G2316G3962G1722G38G4151G1519G5218G2532G4473G129G2424G5547G5485G5213G2532G1515G41293Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,G2128G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G3588G2596G846G4183G1656G313G2248G313G1519G2198G1680G1223G386G2424G5547G1537G34984and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away.G1519G2817G862G2532G283G2532G263G5083G1722G3772G1519G52095They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.G3588G5432G1722G1411G2316G1223G4102G1519G4991G2092G601G1722G2078G25406Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer.G1722G3739G21G737G3641G1487G1163G2076G3076G1722G4164G39867Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.G2443G1383G5216G4102G4183G5093G5553G622G1223G1161G1381G4442G2147G1519G1868G2532G5092G2532G1391G1722G602G2424G55478You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,G3739G1492G3756G1492G1492G25G1519G3739G737G3708G3361G1161G4100G21G5479G412G2532G13929because you are receiving the salvation of your souls, which is the purpose of your faith in him.G2865G5056G5216G4102G4991G559010It was concerning this salvation that the prophets made careful search and investigation, and they prophesied about this gift which God would give you.G4012G3739G4991G4396G1567G2532G1830G3588G4395G4012G5485G1519G520911They tried to find out when the time would be and how it would come. This was the time to which Christ's Spirit in them was pointing, in predicting the sufferings that Christ would have to endure and the glory that would follow.G2045G1519G5101G2228G4169G2540G4151G5547G3588G1722G846G1213G4303G3804G1519G5547G2532G1391G3326G502312God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things which even the angels would like to understand.G3739G601G3754G3756G1438G1161G2254G1247G846G3739G312G3568G312G5213G1223G2097G5209G1722G40G4151G649G575G3772G3739G32G1937G3879G151913So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.G1352G328G3751G5216G1271G3525G1679G5049G1909G5485G5342G5213G1722G602G2424G554714Be obedient to God, and do not allow your lives to be shaped by those desires you had when you were still ignorant.G5613G5218G5043G3361G4964G4386G1939G1722G5216G5215Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy.G235G2596G2564G5209G40G2532G1096G846G40G1722G3956G39116The scripture says, "Be holy because I am holy."G1360G1125G1096G40G3754G1473G1510G4017You call him Father, when you pray to God, who judges all people by the same standard, according to what each one has done; so then, spend the rest of your lives here on earth in reverence for him.G2532G1487G1941G3962G3588G678G2919G2596G1538G2041G390G5550G5216G3940G1722G540118For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;G1492G3754G3084G3756G3084G5349G694G2228G5553G1537G5216G3152G391G397019it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.G235G5093G129G5547G5613G286G299G2532G78420He had been chosen by God before the creation of the world and was revealed in these last days for your sake.G3303G4267G4253G2602G2889G1161G5319G1909G2078G5550G1223G520921Through him you believe in God, who raised him from death and gave him glory; and so your faith and hope are fixed on God.G3588G1223G846G4100G1519G2316G1453G846G1453G1537G3498G2532G1325G846G1391G5620G5216G4102G2532G1680G1511G1519G231622Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.G48G5216G5590G1722G5218G225G1223G4151G1519G505G5360G25G240G1537G2513G2588G161923For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.G313G3756G1537G5349G4701G235G862G1223G3056G2316G2198G2532G3306G1519G16524As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,G1360G3956G4561G5613G5528G2532G3956G1391G444G5613G438G5528G5528G3583G2532G438G846G160125but the word of the Lord remains forever." This word is the Good News that was proclaimed to you.G1161G4487G2962G3306G1519G165G1161G5124G2076G4487G3588G2097G1519G5209
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