The Word Am I

The First Epistle General of Peter

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- Chapter 1 -

(2 Peter 1:1–2)
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
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This is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase.

A Living Hope

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May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed. In his great mercy, he gave us a new birth for the confidence of an inheritance. This inheritance is by means of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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This is for an inheritance that will not perish, will not become stained, and will not fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you.
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You are protected by God’s power through faith, for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last times.
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You are very glad about this, even though it is now necessary for you to feel sadness in many different troubles.
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This is for the proving of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire. This happens so that your faith will be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
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You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and you are very glad with unspeakable, glorious joy.
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You are now receiving for yourselves the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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The prophets searched and inquired carefully about this salvation, about the grace that would be yours.
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They searched to know about whom and when the Spirit of Christ in them was speaking to them. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glorious things after that.
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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 to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven-things into which angels long to look.

A Call to Holiness

(Hebrews 12:14–17)
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So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
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As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant.
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But as the one who called you is holy, you, too, be holy in your whole behavior.
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For it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy.”
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And if you call “Father” the one who judges without bias according to each person’s work, spend the time of your journey in reverence.
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You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers.
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Instead, you have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a lamb without blemish or spot.
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Christ was chosen before the foundation of the world, but now he has been revealed to you in these last times.
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Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and to whom he gave glory so that your faith and confidence would be in God.

The Enduring Word

(Isaiah 40:6–8)
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You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart.
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You have been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed, through the living and remaining word of God.
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For “all flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass dries up, and the flower falls off,
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but the word of the Lord remains forever.” This is the good news that was announced to you.
(2 Peter 1:1–2)
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,(a) to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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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.

A Living Hope

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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,
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to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
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who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,
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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
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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,
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receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
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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.
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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.

A Call to Holiness

(Hebrews 12:14–17)
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Therefore prepare your minds for action.(b) Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ
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as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
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but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,
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because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(c)
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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,
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knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
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but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
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who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
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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.

The Enduring Word

(Isaiah 40:6–8)
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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,
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having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
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For,All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
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but the Lords word endures forever.”(d) This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

Footnotes

(a)1:1 “Christ” means “Anointed One”.
(b)1:13 literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind”
(c)1:16 ℘ Leviticus 11:44-45
(d)1:25 ℘ Isaiah 40:6-8