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1 Peter 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:2 - according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:4 - unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:5 - who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:7 - that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:8 - whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:9 - receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:11 - searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 - Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:15 - but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:16 - because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:17 - And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:19 - but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:21 - who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:22 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:23 - having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:25 - But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.
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