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I, Peter, am an apostle on assignment by Jesus, the Messiah, writing to exiles scattered to the four winds. Not one is missing, not one forgotten.

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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God's chosen people who are living as foreigners in the lands of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia.

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God the Father has his eye on each of you, and has determined by the work of the Spirit to keep you obedient through the sacrifice of Jesus. May everything good from God be yours!

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who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

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elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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God the Father chose you long ago, and the Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed Jesus Christ and are cleansed by his blood. May you have more and more of God's special favor and wonderful peace.

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What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for,

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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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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.

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including a future in heaven--and the future starts now!

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and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,

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to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

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For God has reserved a priceless inheritance for his children. It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

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God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all--life healed and whole.

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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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who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him. It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.

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I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.

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In 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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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

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So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while.

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Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory.

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These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

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You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him--with laughter and singing.

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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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whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

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Because you kept on believing, you'll get what you're looking forward to: total salvation.

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for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls.

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Your reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.

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The prophets who told us this was coming asked a lot of questions about this gift of life God was preparing.

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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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Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

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This salvation was something the prophets wanted to know more about. They prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you, even though they had many questions as to what it all could mean.

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The Messiah's Spirit let them in on some of it--that the Messiah would experience suffering, followed by glory. They clamored to know who and when.

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trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

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searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

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They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward. They wondered when and to whom all this would happen.

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All they were told was that they were serving you, you who by orders from heaven have now heard for yourselves--through the Holy Spirit--the Message of those prophecies fulfilled. Do you realize how fortunate you are? Angels would have given anything to be in on this!

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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.

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To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.

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They were told that these things would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours. And now this Good News has been announced by those who preached to you in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

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So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives.

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Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ.

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Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now.

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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

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as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;

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Obey God because you are his children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.

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As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness.

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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

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but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

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But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God--who chose you to be his children--is holy.

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God said, "I am holy; you be holy."

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for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

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because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

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For he himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy."

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You call out to God for help and he helps--he's a good Father that way. But don't forget, he's also a responsible Father, and won't let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.

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Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

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And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;

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And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as foreigners here on earth.

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It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in.

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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 forefathers,

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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

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For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.

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He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb.

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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

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but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

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He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

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And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately--at the end of the ages--become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you.

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He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

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He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

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God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, he was sent to the earth for all to see. And he did this for you.

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It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.

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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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who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And because God raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in God.

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Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.

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Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

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Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.

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Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!

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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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having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

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For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

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That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,

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For, "All men 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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because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,

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As the prophet says, "People are like grass that dies away; their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of wildflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall away.

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God's Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

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but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.

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But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

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But the word of the Lord will last forever." And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

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So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk.

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Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

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Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

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So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.

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Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God.

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Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

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as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

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You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,

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You've had a taste of God.

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now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

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now that you have had a taste of the Lord's kindness.