1Peter 1:16 - Prayer Tents

1Peter 1

Salutation

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,G4074G652G2424G5547G3927G1290G4195G1053G2587G773G2532G9782who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.G1588G2596G4268G2316G3962G1722G38G4151G1519G5218G2532G4473G129G2424G5547G5485G5213G2532G1515G4129

A Living Hope

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,G2128G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G3588G2596G846G4183G1656G313G2248G313G1519G2198G1680G1223G386G2424G5547G1537G34984and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,G1519G2817G862G2532G283G2532G263G5083G1722G3772G1519G52095who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.G3588G5432G1722G1411G2316G1223G4102G1519G4991G2092G601G1722G2078G25406In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,G1722G3739G21G737G3641G1487G1163G2076G3076G1722G4164G39867so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.G2443G1383G5216G4102G4183G5093G5553G622G1223G1161G1381G4442G2147G1519G1868G2532G5092G2532G1391G1722G602G2424G55478Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,G3739G1492G3756G1492G1492G25G1519G3739G737G3708G3361G1161G4100G21G5479G412G2532G13929for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.G2865G5056G5216G4102G4991G559010Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry,G4012G3739G4991G4396G1567G2532G1830G3588G4395G4012G5485G1519G520911inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.G2045G1519G5101G2228G4169G2540G4151G5547G3588G1722G846G1213G4303G3804G1519G5547G2532G1391G3326G502312It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!G3739G601G3754G3756G1438G1161G2254G1247G846G3739G312G3568G312G5213G1223G2097G5209G1722G40G4151G649G575G3772G3739G32G1937G3879G1519

A Call to Holy Living

13Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.G1352G328G3751G5216G1271G3525G1679G5049G1909G5485G5342G5213G1722G602G2424G554714Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.G5613G5218G5043G3361G4964G4386G1939G1722G5216G5215Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;G235G2596G2564G5209G40G2532G1096G846G40G1722G3956G39116for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."G1360G1125G1096G40G3754G1473G1510G4017If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile.G2532G1487G1941G3962G3588G678G2919G2596G1538G2041G390G5550G5216G3940G1722G540118You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,G1492G3754G3084G3756G3084G5349G694G2228G5553G1537G5216G3152G391G397019but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.G235G5093G129G5547G5613G286G299G2532G78420He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.G3303G4267G4253G2602G2889G1161G5319G1909G2078G5550G1223G520921Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.G3588G1223G846G4100G1519G2316G1453G846G1453G1537G3498G2532G1325G846G1391G5620G5216G4102G2532G1680G1511G1519G231622Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.G48G5216G5590G1722G5218G225G1223G4151G1519G505G5360G25G240G1537G2513G2588G161923You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.G313G3756G1537G5349G4701G235G862G1223G3056G2316G2198G2532G3306G1519G16524For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,G1360G3956G4561G5613G5528G2532G3956G1391G444G5613G438G5528G5528G3583G2532G438G846G160125but the word of the Lord endures forever." That word is the good news that was announced to you.G1161G4487G2962G3306G1519G165G1161G5124G2076G4487G3588G2097G1519G5209