1 Peter 1
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect,
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
2According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that can not fade, reserved in heaven for you,
4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
5Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.
5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
6Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:
6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
7That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
8Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now, though you see him not, you believe: and believing shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;
8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
9now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.
10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
11Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them did signify: when it foretold those sufferings that are in Christ, and the glories that should follow:
11trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
12To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.
12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
13Wherefore having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:
14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:
15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.
17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
18Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:
18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled,
19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
20Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you,
20He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
21Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
22Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:
22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
23Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
24For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away.
24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.
25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
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