\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Peter}
{\MT The First Epistle General of Peter

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Peter,
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
to [the] sojourners
of [the]
dispersion
of
Pontus,
Galatia,
Cappadocia,
Asia,
and
Bithynia,
\VS{2}elect
according
to [the]
foreknowledge
of
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Elohim}God [the]
Father,
by
sanctification
of [the]
Spirit, unto [the]
obedience
and sprinkling
of [the]
blood
of
Jesus
Christ:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
be
multiplied.
\VS{3}Blessed [be]
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:3 }
Elohim}God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who,
according
to
his
great
mercy,
has begotten
us
again
to
a
living
hope
through [the]
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ
from
among [the]
dead,
\VS{4}to
an incorruptible
and
undefiled
and
unfading
inheritance,
reserved
in [the]
heavens
for
you,
\VS{5}who
are
kept guarded
by [the]
power
of
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Elohim}God
through
faith
for
salvation
ready
to
be
revealed
in [the]
last
time.
\VS{6}Wherein ye
exult,
for
a
little
while
at
present,
if
needed,
put
to grief
by
various
trials,
\VS{7}that
the proving
of
your
faith, much
more
precious
than
of
gold
which
perishes,
though
it
be
proved
by
fire,
be
found
to
praise
and
glory
and honour
in [the]
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{8}whom, having
not
seen, ye
love;
on
whom [though]
not
now looking,
but
believing, ye
exult
with
joy unspeakable
and filled
with [the]
glory,
\VS{9}receiving
the
end
of
your
faith, [the]
salvation
of [your]
souls.
\VS{10}Concerning
which
salvation
prophets,
who
have
prophesied
of
the
grace towards
you, sought out
and
searched out;
\VS{11}searching
what,
or
what manner
of
time,
the
Spirit
of
Christ
which [was]
in
them pointed out, testifying
before
of
the
sufferings
which [belonged]
to
Christ,
and
the
glories
after
these.
\VS{12}To
whom
it
was
revealed,
that
not
to
themselves
but
to
you
they
ministered
those
things,
which
have
now
been
announced
to
you
by
those
who
have declared
to
you
the glad tidings
by [the]
Holy
Spirit,
sent
from
heaven,
which
angels
desire
to
look
into.
\VS{13}Wherefore, having girded up
the
loins
of
your
mind, [be]
sober [and]
hope
with perfect stedfastness
in
the
grace [which
will
be]
brought
to
you
at [the]
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{14}as
children
of
obedience,
not
conformed
to [your]
former
lusts
in
your
ignorance;
\VS{15}but
as
he
who
has
called
you
is
holy,
be ye
also
holy
in
all [your] conversation;
\VS{16}because
it
is
written,
Be ye
holy,
for
{\BD{
I}}
am
holy.
\VS{17}And
if ye invoke
as
Father
him
who,
without regard
of persons,
judges
according
to
the
work
of
each,
pass
your
time
of sojourn
in
fear,
\VS{18}knowing
that ye
have
been
redeemed,
not
by
corruptible [things,
as]
silver
or
gold,
from
your
vain conversation handed down
from [your] fathers,
\VS{19}but
by
precious
blood,
as
of
a
lamb
without
blemish
and
without spot, [the
blood]
of
Christ,
\VS{20}foreknown
indeed
before [the]
foundation
of [the]
world,
but
who
has been
manifested
at
the
end
of
times
for
your
sakes,
\VS{21}who
by
him
do
believe
on
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:21 }
Elohim}God,
who
has
raised
him
from
among [the]
dead
and
given
him
glory,
that
your
faith
and
hope
should
be
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:21 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{22}Having
purified
your
souls
by
obedience
to
the
truth
to unfeigned
brotherly
love,
love
one
another
out
of
a
pure
heart
fervently;
\VS{23}being
born
again,
not
of
corruptible
seed,
but
of incorruptible,
by [the]
living
and
abiding
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:23 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{24}Because
all
flesh [is]
as
grass,
and
all
its
glory
as [the]
flower
of
grass.
The
grass
has
withered
and [its]
flower
has fallen;
\VS{25}but
the
word
of [the]
Lord
abides
for
eternity.
But
this
is
the
word
which
in
the glad tidings [is]
preached
to
you.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Laying
aside
therefore
all
malice
and
all guile
and hypocrisies
and envyings
and
all
evil speakings,
\VS{2}as
newborn babes desire earnestly
the
pure mental
milk
of
the
word,
that
by
it ye
may
grow
up
to
salvation,
\VS{3}if indeed ye
have
tasted
that
the
Lord [is]
good.
\VS{4}To
whom
coming,
a
living
stone, cast away
indeed
as worthless
by
men,
but
with
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Elohim}God
chosen,
precious,
\VS{5}yourselves
also,
as
living
stones,
are being
built
up
a
spiritual
house,
a
holy
priesthood,
to
offer
spiritual
sacrifices
acceptable
to
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Elohim}God
by
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{6}Because
it
is
contained
in
the
scripture:
Behold,
I
lay
in
Zion
a
corner
stone,
elect,
precious:
and
he
that
believes
on
him
shall
not
be
put
to
shame.
\VS{7}To
you
therefore
who
believe [is]
the preciousness;
but
to
the disobedient,
the
stone
which
the
builders cast away
as worthless,
this
is
become
head
of [the]
corner,
\VS{8}and
a
stone
of
stumbling
and
rock
of offence; [who]
stumble
at
the
word, being
disobedient
to
which
also
they
have
been
appointed.
\VS{9}But
{\BD{ye}} [are]
a
chosen
race,
a kingly
priesthood,
a
holy
nation,
a
people
for
a
possession,
that ye
might set forth
the
excellencies
of
him
who
has
called
you
out
of
darkness
to
his wonderful
light;
\VS{10}who
once [were]
not
a
people,
but
now
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:10 }
Elohim}God's
people;
who
were
not enjoying
mercy,
but
now
have
found
mercy.
\VS{11}Beloved,
I
exhort [you],
as
strangers
and sojourners,
to
abstain
from
fleshly
lusts,
which
war
against
the
soul;
\VS{12}having
your conversation
honest
among
the
Gentiles,
that [as
to
that]
in
which
they
speak
against
you
as
evildoers,
they
may
through [your]
good
works, [themselves] witnessing [them],
glorify
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:12 }
Elohim}God
in [the]
day
of
visitation.
\VS{13}Be
in
subjection [therefore]
to
every
human
institution
for
the Lord's
sake;
whether
to [the]
king
as
supreme,
\VS{14}or
to rulers
as
sent
by
him,
for
vengeance
on
evildoers,
and
praise
to
them
that do
well.
\VS{15}Because
so
is
the
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:15 }
Elohim}God,
that
by well-doing ye put
to
silence
the
ignorance
of senseless
men;
\VS{16}as
free,
and
not
as
having
liberty
as
a cloak
of
malice,
but
as
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:16 }
Elohim}God's bondmen.
\VS{17}Shew honour
to
all,
love
the
brotherhood,
fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }
Elohim}God, honour
the
king.
\VS{18}Servants, [be]
subject
with
all
fear
to
your
masters,
not
only
to
the
good
and
gentle,
but
also
to
the ill-tempered.
\VS{19}For
this [is] acceptable,
if
one,
for
conscience
sake towards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:19 }
Elohim}God,
endure griefs,
suffering
unjustly.
\VS{20}For
what glory [is
it],
if
sinning
and being buffeted ye
shall bear [it]?
but
if,
doing
good
and
suffering, ye
shall bear [it],
this
is acceptable
with
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:20 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{21}For
to
this
have ye
been
called;
for
Christ
also
has
suffered
for
you,
leaving
you
a model
that ye
should
follow
in
his
steps:
\VS{22}who
did
no
sin,
neither
was guile
found
in
his
mouth;
\VS{23}who, [when]
reviled,
reviled
not again; [when]
suffering, threatened
not;
but
gave [himself]
over
into
the
hands
of
him
who
judges
righteously;
\VS{24}who
himself
bore
our
sins
in
his
body
on
the
tree,
in
order
that, being dead
to
sins,
we
may
live
to
righteousness:
by
whose stripes ye
have been
healed.
\VS{25}For ye
were going
astray
as
sheep,
but
have
now
returned
to
the
shepherd
and
overseer
of
your
souls.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Likewise,
wives, [be]
subject
to
your
own
husbands,
that,
even
if
any
are
disobedient
to
the
word,
they
may
be
gained
without [the]
word
by
the
conversation
of
the
wives,
\VS{2}having witnessed
your
pure conversation [carried out]
in
fear;
\VS{3}whose adorning
let
it
not
be
that outward
one
of tressing
of
hair,
and
wearing
gold,
or
putting
on apparel;
\VS{4}but
the
hidden
man
of
the
heart,
in
the incorruptible [ornament]
of
a meek
and
quiet
spirit,
which
in
the
sight
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:4 }
Elohim}God
is
of great price.
\VS{5}For
thus
also
the
holy
women
who
have
hoped
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:5 }
Elohim}God heretofore
adorned
themselves,
being
subject
to
their
own
husbands;
\VS{6}as
Sarah
obeyed
Abraham,
calling
him
lord;
whose
children ye
have
become,
doing
good,
and
not
fearing
with
any kind
of consternation.
\VS{7}[Ye]
husbands
likewise, dwell
with [them]
according
to
knowledge,
as
with
a
weaker, [even]
the female,
vessel, giving [them] honour,
as
also fellow-heirs
of [the]
grace
of
life,
that
your
prayers
be
not
hindered.
\VS{8}Finally, [be]
all
of
one mind, sympathising,
full
of
brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
\VS{9}not rendering
evil
for
evil,
or railing
for railing;
but
on
the
contrary,
blessing [others],
because ye
have
been
called
to
this,
that ye
should
inherit
blessing.
\VS{10}For
he
that
will
love
life
and
see
good
days, let
him cause
his
tongue
to
cease
from
evil
and
his
lips
that
they
speak
no guile.
\VS{11}And let
him
avoid
evil,
and
do
good; let
him
seek
peace
and
pursue
it;
\VS{12}because [the]
eyes
of [the]
Lord [are]
on [the]
righteous,
and
his
ears towards
their supplications;
but [the]
face
of [the]
Lord [is]
against
them
that
do
evil.
\VS{13}And
who
shall injure
you
if ye
have
become imitators
of
that
which [is]
good?
\VS{14}But
if
also ye
should
suffer
for righteousness'
sake,
blessed [are ye];
but
be
not
afraid
of
their
fear,
neither
be
troubled;
\VS{15}but
sanctify [the]
Lord
the
Christ
in
your
hearts,
and [be]
always prepared
to [give]
an
answer [to]
every
one
that
asks
you
to give
an
account
of
the
hope
that [is]
in
you,
but
with
meekness
and
fear;
\VS{16}having
a
good
conscience,
that [as
to
that]
in
which
they
speak
against
you
as evildoers,
they
may
be ashamed
who calumniate
your
good conversation
in
Christ.
\VS{17}For [it
is]
better,
if
the
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:17 }
Elohim}God
should
will it,
to
suffer [as] well-doers
than [as] evildoers;
\VS{18}for
Christ
indeed
has
once
suffered
for
sins, [the]
just
for [the]
unjust,
that
he
might
bring
us
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:18 }
Elohim}God;
being
put
to
death
in
flesh,
but
made
alive
in [the]
Spirit,
\VS{19}in
which
also
going
he
preached
to
the
spirits [which
are]
in
prison,
\VS{20}heretofore
disobedient,
when
the longsuffering
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:20 }
Elohim}God
waited
in [the]
days
of
Noah
while
the
ark
was preparing,
into
which
few,
that
is,
eight
souls,
were
saved
through
water:
\VS{21}which figure
also
now
saves
you, [even]
baptism,
not
a putting away
of [the] filth
of
flesh,
but [the] demand
as
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:21 }
Elohim}God
of
a
good
conscience,
by [the]
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{22}who
is
at [the]
right
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:22 }
Elohim}God,
gone
into
heaven,
angels
and
authorities
and
powers
being
subjected
to
him.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Christ,
then,
having
suffered
for us
in [the]
flesh,
do
{\BD{ye}}
also
arm
yourselves
with
the
same
mind;
for
he
that
has
suffered
in [the]
flesh
has done
with
sin,
\VS{2}no
longer
to
live
the
rest
of [his]
time
in [the]
flesh
to men's
lusts,
but
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:2 }
Elohim}God's
will.
\VS{3}For
the
time
past [is]
sufficient [for
us]
to
have wrought
the
will
of
the
Gentiles,
walking
in lasciviousness,
lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings,
and unhallowed
idolatries.
\VS{4}Wherein
they think
it
strange
that ye
run
not
with [them]
to
the
same sink
of corruption, speaking injuriously [of
you];
\VS{5}who
shall
render
account
to
him
who
is
ready
to
judge [the]
living
and [the]
dead.
\VS{6}For
to
this [end]
were
the glad tidings
preached
to [the]
dead
also,
that
they
might
be
judged,
as
regards
men,
after [the]
flesh,
but
live,
as
regards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:6 }
Elohim}God,
after [the]
Spirit.
\VS{7}But
the
end
of
all
things
is drawn nigh:
be
sober
therefore,
and
be watchful unto
prayers;
\VS{8}but
before
all
things
having
fervent
love
among
yourselves,
because
love
covers
a
multitude
of
sins;
\VS{9}hospitable
one
to
another,
without murmuring;
\VS{10}each
according
as
he
has
received
a
gift,
ministering
it
to
one
another,
as
good
stewards
of [the]
various
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:10 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{11}If
any
one
speak —
as
oracles
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:11 }
Elohim}God;
if
any
one
minister —
as
of
strength
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:11 }
Elohim}God
supplies;
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:11 }
Elohim}God
in
all
things
may
be
glorified
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
is
the
glory
and
the
might
for
the
ages
of
ages.
Amen.
\VS{12}Beloved,
take
not [as]
strange
the fire [of persecution]
which
has
taken
place amongst
you
for [your]
trial,
as
if
a
strange
thing
was
happening
to
you;
\VS{13}but
as ye
have
share
in
the
sufferings
of
Christ,
rejoice,
that
in
the
revelation
of
his
glory
also ye
may
rejoice
with
exultation.
\VS{14}If ye
are
reproached
in [the]
name
of
Christ,
blessed [are ye];
for
the [Spirit]
of
glory
and
the
Spirit
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:14 }
Elohim}God
rests
upon
you: [on
their part
he
is blasphemed,
but
on
your part
he
is glorified.]
\VS{15}Let
none
of
you
suffer
indeed
as
murderer,
or
thief,
or
evildoer,
or
as overseer
of
other people's matters;
\VS{16}but
if
as
a
christian, let
him
not
be
ashamed,
but
glorify
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:16 }
Elohim}God
in
this
name.
\VS{17}For
the
time
of having
the
judgment
begin
from
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:17 }
Elohim}God [is come];
but
if
first
from us,
what [shall
be]
the
end
of
those
who
obey
not
the glad tidings
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:17 }
Elohim}God?
\VS{18}And
if
the
righteous
is difficultly
saved,
where
shall
the impious
and [the]
sinner
appear?
\VS{19}Wherefore
also let
them
who
suffer
according
to
the
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:19 }
Elohim}God
commit
their
souls
in well-doing
to
a
faithful
Creator.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
elders
which [are]
among
you
I
exhort,
who [am
their] fellow-elder
and
witness
of
the
sufferings
of
the
Christ,
who
also [am]
partaker
of
the
glory
about
to
be
revealed:
\VS{2}shepherd
the
flock
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }
Elohim}God
which [is]
among
you, exercising
oversight,
not
by necessity,
but
willingly;
not
for base
gain,
but readily;
\VS{3}not
as lording it over
your possessions,
but
being models
for
the
flock.
\VS{4}And
when
the
chief
shepherd
is
manifested ye
shall
receive
the
unfading
crown
of
glory.
\VS{5}Likewise [ye]
younger,
be
subject
to [the]
elder,
and
all
of
you bind
on
humility towards
one
another;
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:5 }
Elohim}God sets himself against [the] proud,
but
to [the]
humble
gives
grace.
\VS{6}Humble
yourselves
therefore
under
the
mighty
hand
of
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Elohim}God,
that
he
may
exalt
you
in [the due]
time;
\VS{7}having cast
all
your
care
upon
him,
for
he
cares
about
you.
\VS{8}Be vigilant,
watch.
Your
adversary [the]
devil
as
a
roaring
lion
walks
about
seeking
whom
he may
devour.
\VS{9}Whom
resist, stedfast
in
faith,
knowing
that
the selfsame
sufferings
are
accomplished
in
your
brotherhood
which [is]
in [the]
world.
\VS{10}But
the
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Elohim}God
of
all
grace
who
has
called
you
to
his
eternal
glory
in
Christ
Jesus,
when ye
have
suffered
for
a
little
while,
himself
shall make
perfect, stablish,
strengthen, ground:
\VS{11}to
him [be]
the glory
and
the
might
for
the
ages
of
the
ages.
Amen.
\VS{12}By
Silvanus,
the
faithful
brother,
as
I
suppose,
I
have
written
to
you
briefly;
exhorting
and
testifying
that
this
is [the]
true
grace
of
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Elohim}God
in
which ye
stand.
\VS{13}She
that
is elected
with [you]
in
Babylon salutes
you,
and Marcus
my
son.
\VS{14}Salute
one
another
with
a
kiss
of
love.
Peace
be
with
you
all
who [are]
in
Christ.
\par }