Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, 1 to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Jas 1:1Act 2:5-11Eph 2:19Heb 11:131Pe 2:11Act 8:4Jhn 11:52Mat 24:22 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 2Th 2:13Eph 1:4-5Heb 12:241Pe 1:22Rom 11:2Act 2:23Jhn 15:16-192Pe 1:2
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1Pe 1:231Jn 5:4Rom 15:13Tit 3:4-6Eph 1:72Co 1:31Jn 3:3Rom 12:12 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, Rev 21:27Heb 9:151Pe 5:42Ti 4:8Col 1:5Mat 25:34Eph 1:11Eph 1:18 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Php 1:6Eph 2:82Th 2:13-14Rom 8:31-39Job 19:25Jhn 10:28-301Pe 1:13Heb 9:28 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials, Jas 1:21Pe 5:10Rom 12:12Rom 5:2Mat 5:12Isa 61:3Jhn 16:33Jhn 16:22 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ— Job 23:10Jas 1:12Isa 48:101Pe 4:12Jas 1:3-4Zec 13:9Pro 17:3Rom 2:7 whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, Jhn 20:292Co 5:7Rom 15:13Heb 11:1Jhn 16:222Co 4:181Pe 1:61Pe 5:4 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Rom 6:22Jas 1:21Heb 11:13
Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you, Mat 13:17Luk 10:24Dan 2:44Luk 24:25-27Act 10:43Act 7:52Jhn 5:39Zec 6:12 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them. 2Pe 1:21Isa 52:13-14Luk 24:25-27Rom 8:9Act 26:22-23Isa 53:1-12Zec 14:9Gen 3:15 To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Jhn 15:261Co 2:10Eph 3:101Pe 1:25Heb 11:39-40Heb 4:2Mrk 16:152Co 1:22
Therefore prepare your minds for action. 2 Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 1Pe 5:8Luk 12:351Pe 4:7Heb 9:281Pe 3:151Jn 3:3Tit 2:11-131Th 5:6-8 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, Rom 12:2Tit 3:3-51Pe 4:2-3Eph 2:21Th 4:5Col 3:5-7Eph 4:18-22Act 17:30 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior, Mat 5:482Co 7:1Heb 12:14Jas 3:13Eph 5:1-21Jn 3:3Php 2:15-161Th 4:3-7 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 3 Lev 11:44Lev 19:2Lev 20:7Amo 3:3
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear, Act 10:34-352Ch 19:72Co 7:1Php 2:12Mat 6:9Heb 12:28Jer 3:19Eph 1:17 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 1Co 6:20Tit 2:141Co 7:23Psa 49:7-8Gal 1:4Eph 4:17Rom 1:211Pe 1:7 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, 1Jn 1:71Pe 2:22-24Jhn 1:29Heb 9:12-14Rev 5:9Exo 12:5Jhn 1:36Col 1:14 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake, Eph 1:42Ti 1:9-10Heb 9:26Rev 13:8Heb 1:2Tit 1:2-3Col 1:26Eph 3:11 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God. Act 2:24Heb 2:9Jhn 12:44Act 2:32-33Heb 7:251Pe 1:111Pe 3:22Eph 1:15
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently, 1Ti 1:5Heb 13:1Rom 12:9-101Pe 3:81Jn 4:12Jhn 13:34-351Jn 4:7Jas 4:8 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. 1Pe 1:3Heb 4:12Jhn 1:13Jhn 3:3Jhn 6:631Co 15:53-541Jn 5:18Jas 1:18 For, Isa 40:6-8Psa 103:15Jas 4:14Jas 1:10-11Psa 37:22Ki 19:261Jn 2:17Psa 129:6
“All flesh is like grass,
and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls;
but the Lord’s word endures forever.” 4 Isa 40:8Mat 5:181Co 15:1-4Psa 119:891Jn 1:12Pe 1:19Jhn 1:1Luk 16:17
This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.