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1 Peter 1 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:2 - who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Praise to God for a Living Hope

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:3 - Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:4 - and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:5 - who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:7 - These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:8 - Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:9 - for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:11 - trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Be Holy

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 - Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:15 - But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:16 - for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:17 - Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:19 - but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:21 - Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:22 - Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:23 - For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:25 - but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[fn] And this is the word that was preached to you.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
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1 Peter Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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