3 May God, the father of our master Yeshua the messiah be blessed. He’s the one who, because of his incredible mercy, births us into living hope through the death and coming back to life of Yeshua the messiah. 4 Now we have an inheritance that can’t be destroyed or ruined and never diminishes. It’s kept in the heavens for you all 5 who are guarded through faith by God’s power, because salvation is ready to be revealed in the final age.

6 This salvation brings some happiness now, although offset by the sorrow of various trials that you all go through 7 in order that your faith will be purified by fire, like gold but even more precious because gold perishes. Then your faith will lead to praise and glory and honour when Yeshua the messiah is revealed, 8 the one you all love although you’ve never seen him. Yet you all believe and because of that you are more happy than you all can even show AND HAVING BEEN GLORIFIED, 9 you’ll receive the result of your faith which is the salvation of your souls.

10 The prophets wanted that salvation and searched for it, even while speaking about the grace which you all would experience. 11 They tried to discover which person or what time that the messiah’s spirit within them was telling them, having previously testified that the messiah would suffer but afterwards would be GLORIOUS. 12 It was shown to them that they weren’t just serving themselves but were serving you as they declared all the same things that have been preached to you all by the holy spirit who was sent from heaven. Even God’s messengers in heaven wanted to know more about those things.