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1 Peter an Apostle of Jesus
Christ, to the strangers
that dwell here and there
throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia and
Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the
foreknowledge of God the
Father unto sanctification
of the Spirit, through
obedience and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you.
3 Blessed be God,
even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which
according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again
unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead,
4 To an inheritance immortal
and undefiled, and that
withereth not, reserved in
heaven for us,
5 Which are kept by the
power of God through faith
unto salvation, which is
prepared to be shewed in the
last time.
6 Wherein ye rejoice, though
now for a season (if need
require) ye are in
heaviness, through manifold
temptations,
7 That the trial of your
faith, being much more
precious then gold that
perisheth (though it be
tried with fire) might be
found unto your
praise, and honor and glory
at the appearing of Jesus
Christ:
8 Whom ye have not seen, and
yet love him, in whom
now, though ye see him not,
yet do you believe, and
rejoice with joy unspeakable
and glorious,
9 Receiving the end of your
faith, even the
salvation of your
souls.
10 Of the which salvation
the Prophets have inquired
and searched, which
prophesied of the grace that
should come unto you,
11 Searching when or what
time the Spirit which
testified before of Christ
which was in them, should
declare the sufferings
that should come unto
Christ, and the glory that
should follow.
12 Unto whom it was
revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they
should minister the things,
which are now shewed unto
you by them which have
preached unto you the Gospel
by the holy Ghost sent down
from heaven, the which
things the Angels desire to
behold.
13 Wherefore, gird up the
loins of your mind: be
sober, and trust perfectly
on that grace that is
brought unto you, in the
revelation of Jesus Christ,
14 As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves unto
the former lusts of your
ignorance:
15 But as he which hath
called you, is holy, so be
ye holy in all manner of
conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be
ye holy, for I am holy.
17 And if ye call him
Father, which without
respect of person judgeth
according to every man's
work, pass the time of your
dwelling here in fear,
18 Knowing that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and
gold, from your vain
conversation, received by
the traditions of the
fathers,
19 But with the precious
blood of Christ, as of a
Lamb undefiled, and without
spot.
20 Which was ordained before
the foundation of the world,
but was declared in the last
times for your sakes,
21 Which by his means do
believe in God that raised
him from the dead, and gave
him glory, that your faith
and hope might be in God,
22 Having purified your
souls in obeying the truth
through the spirit, to love
brotherly without feigning,
love one another with a pure
heart fervently,
23 Being born anew, not of
mortal seed, but of
immortal, by the word of
God, who liveth and endureth
for ever.
24 For all flesh is
as grass, and all the glory
of man is as the
flower of grass. The grass
withereth, and the flower
falleth away.
25 But the word of the Lord
endureth for ever: and this
is the word which is
preached among you.
1 Wherefore, laying aside
all maliciousness, and all
guile, and dissimulation,
and envy, and all evil
speaking,
2 As newborn babes desire
that sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow
thereby,
3 Because ye have tasted
that the Lord is
bountiful.
4 To whom coming as unto a
living stone disallowed of
men, but chosen of God
and precious,
5 Ye also as lively stones,
be made a spiritual house,
an holy Priesthood to offer
up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God by Jesus
Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is
contained in the Scripture,
Behold, I put in Sion a
chief cornerstone, elect and
precious: and he that
believeth therein, shall not
be ashamed.
7 Unto you therefore which
believe, it is precious: but
unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which
the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the
corner,
8 And a stone to stumble at,
and a rock of offense, even
to them which stumble
at the word, being
disobedient, unto the which
thing they were even
ordained.
9 But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal
Priesthood, an holy nation,
a people set at liberty,
that ye should shew forth
the virtues of him that hath
called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light,
10 Which in time past were
not a people, yet are
now the people of God: which
in time past were not under
mercy, but now have obtained
mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech
you, as strangers and
pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which fight
against the soul,
12 And have your
conversation honest among
the Gentiles, that they
which speak evil of you as
of evil doers, may by
your good works which
they shall see, glorify God
in the day of visitation.
13 Therefore submit
yourselves unto all manner
ordinance of man for the
Lord's sake, whether it be
unto the King, as unto the
superior,
14 Or unto governors, as
unto them that are sent of
him, for the punishment of
evildoers, and for the
praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of
God, that by well doing ye
may put to silence the
ignorance of the foolish
men,
16 As free, and not as
having the liberty for a
cloak of maliciousnesse, but
as the servants of God.
17 Honor all men: love
brotherly fellowship: fear
God: honor the King.
18 Servants, be subject to
your masters with all fear,
not only to the good and
courteous, but also to the
froward.
19 For this is thankworthy,
if a man for conscience
toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully.
20 For what praise is it, if
when ye be buffeted for your
faults, ye take it
patiently? but and if when
ye do well, ye suffer
wrong and take it
patiently, this is
acceptable to God.
21 For hereunto ye are
called: for Christ also
suffered for you, leaving
you an ensample that ye
should follow his steps.
22 Who did no sin, neither
was there guile found in his
mouth.
23 Who when he was reviled,
reviled not again: when he
suffered, he threatened not,
but committed it to him that
judgeth righteously.
24 Who his own self bare our
sins in his body on the
tree, that we being dead to
sin, should live in
righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye were as sheep
going astray: but are now
returned unto the shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
1 Likewise let the wives be
subject to their husbands,
that even they which obey
not the word, may without
the word be won by the
conversation of the wives,
2 While they behold your
pure conversation, which is
with fear.
3 Whose apparelling, let it
not be that outward, with
braided hair, and gold put
about, or in putting on of
apparel:
4 But let it be the hidden
man of the heart, which
consisteth in the
incorruption of a meek and
quiet spirit, which is
before God a thing much set
by.
5 For even after this manner
in time past did the holy
women, which trusted in God,
tire themselves, and were
subject to their husbands.
6 As Sara obeyed Abraham,
and called him Sir: whose
daughters ye are, whilst ye
do well, not being afraid of
any terror.
7 Likewise ye husbands,
dwell with them as men of
knowledge, giving honor unto
the woman, as unto the
weaker vessel, even as they
which are heirs together of
the grace of life, that your
prayers be not interrupted.
8 Finally, be ye all of one
mind: one suffer with
another: love as brethren:
be pitiful: be
courteous,
9 Not rendering evil for
evil, neither rebuke for
rebuke: but contrarywise
bless, knowing that ye are
thereunto called, that ye
should be heirs of blessing.
10 For if any man long after
life, and to see good days,
let him refrain his tongue
from evil, and his lips that
they speak no guile.
11 Let him eschew evil, and
do good: let him seek peace,
and follow after it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord
are over the
righteous, and his ears
are open unto their
prayers: and the face of the
Lord is against them
that do evil.
13 And who is it that will
harm you, if ye follow that
which is good?
14 Notwithstanding blessed
are ye, if ye suffer
for righteousness' sake.
Yea, fear not their fear,
neither be troubled.
15 But sanctify the Lord God
in your hearts: and be ready
always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a
reason of the hope that is
in you, with meekness and
reverence,
16 Having a good conscience,
that when they speak evil of
you as of evildoers, they
may be ashamed, which
slander your good
conversation in Christ.
17 For it is better
(if the will of God be so)
that ye suffer for well
doing, then for evil doing.
18 For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the just
for the unjust, that he
might bring us to God, and
was put to death concerning
the flesh, but was quickened
by the spirit.
19 By the which he also
went, and preached unto the
spirits that are in
prison.
20 Which were in time past
disobedient, when once the
long suffering of God abode
in the days of Noe, while
the Ark was preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight
souls were saved in the
water.
21 Whereof the baptism
that now is,
answering that figure, (which
is not a putting away of
the filth of the flesh, but
a confident demanding which
a good conscience maketh to
God) saveth us also by the
resurrection of Jesus
Christ,
22 Which is at the right
hand of God, gone into
heaven, to whom the Angels,
and Powers, and might are
subject.
1 Forasmuch then as Christ
hath suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind,
which is, that he
which hath suffered in the
flesh, hath ceased from sin,
2 That he hence forward
should live (as much time as
remaineth in the flesh) not
after the lusts of men, but
after the will of God.
3 For it is sufficient for
us that we have spent the
time past of the life, after
the lust of the Gentiles,
walking in wantonness,
lusts, drunkenness, in
gluttony, drinkings, and in
abominable idolatries.
4 Wherein it seemeth to them
strange, that ye run not
with them unto the same
excess of riot: therefore
speak they evil of you,
5 Which shall give accounts
to him, that is ready to
judge quick and dead.
6 For unto this purpose was
the Gospel preached also
unto the dead, that they
might be condemned,
according to men in the
flesh, but might live
according to God in the
spirit.
7 Now the end of all things
is at hand. Be ye therefore
sober, and watching in
prayer.
8 But above all things have
fervent love among you: for
love shall cover the
multitude of sins.
9 Be ye harberous one
to another, without
grudging.
10 Let every man as he hath
received the gift, minister
the same one to another, as
good disposers of the
manifold grace of God.
11 If any man speak, let
him speak as the words
of God. If any man minister,
let him do it as of
the ability which God
ministereth, that God in all
things may be glorified
through Jesus Christ, to
whom is praise and dominion
for ever, and ever, Amen.
12 Dearly beloved, think it
not strange concerning the
fiery trial, which is among
you to prove you, as though
some strange thing were come
unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as
ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings, that when his
glory shall appear, ye may
be glad and rejoice.
14 If ye be railed upon for
the Name of Christ, blessed
are ye: for the
spirit of glory, and of God
resteth upon you: which
on their part is evil spoken
of: but on your part is
glorified.
15 But let none of you
suffer as a murderer, or
as a thief, or an evil
doer, or as a busybody in
other men's matters.
16 But if any man suffer
as a Christian, let him not
be ashamed: but let him
glorify God in this behalf.
17 For the time is come,
that judgment must begin at
the house of God. If it
first begin at us,
what shall the end be of
them which obey not the
Gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous
scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the
sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that
suffer according to the will
of God, commit their souls
to him in well doing,
as unto a faithful Creator.
1 The elders which are among
you, I beseech which am also
an elder, and a witness of
the sufferings of Christ,
and also a partaker of the
glory that shall be
revealed,
2 Feed the flock of God,
which dependeth upon you,
caring for it not by
constraint, but willingly:
not for filthy lucre, but of
a ready mind:
3 Not as though ye were
lords over God's
heritage, but that ye may be
ensamples to the flock.
4 And when that chief
shepherd shall appear, ye
shall receive an
incorruptible crown of
glory.
5 Likewise ye younger,
submit yourselves unto the
elders, and submit
yourselves every man, one to
another: deck yourselves
inwardly in lowliness of
mind: for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to
the humble.
6 Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty
hand of God, that he may
exalt you in due time.
7 Cast all your care on him:
for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, and watch: for
your adversary the devil as
a roaring lion walketh
about, seeking whom he may
devour:
9 Whom resist steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are
accomplished in your
brethren which are in the
world.
10 And the God of all grace,
which hath called us unto
his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a litle, make you
perfect, confirm, strengthen
and stablish you.
11 To him be glory
and dominion for ever and
ever, Amen.
12 By Silvanus a faithful
brother unto you, as I
suppose, have I written
briefly, exhorting and
testifying how that this is
the true grace of God,
wherein ye stand.
13 The Church that is
at Babylon elected together
with you, saluteth you, and
Marcus my son.
14 Greet ye one another with
the kiss of love. Peace
be with you all which
are in Christ Jesus, Amen |
