1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to [the] elect sojourners of [the] Dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia, 2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of [the] Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us again to a living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ from [the] dead, 4to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in Heaven for you 5by [the] power of God, having been kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time; 6in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little [while], if need be, grieving in manifold temptations; 7so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified, 9obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of [your] souls. 10About which salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, prophesying concerning the grace for you; 11searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ made clear within them, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow. 12To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us, they ministered the things which are now reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you in [the] Holy Spirit sent from Heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13Therefore girding up the loins of your mind, being sober, perfectly hope for the grace being brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ, 14as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance, 15but according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become holy in all conduct, 16because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy. 17And if you call on [the] Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your [earthly] residence in fear, 18knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from [your] fathers, 19but with [the] precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot; 20indeed having been foreknown before [the] foundation of [the] world, but revealed in [the] last times for you, 21those believing in God through Him, He who raised Him up from [the] dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God. 22Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart, 23having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living word of God, and abiding forever. 24For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls out, 25but the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the Word preached as gospel to you.