1 Peter 1 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation

1Peter, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Jesus Christ,

To those who live as exiles, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen

2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in increasing abundance.

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4[born anew] into an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

5who are being protected and shielded by the power of God through your faith for salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

6In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

7so that the genuineness of your faith, which is much more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested and purified by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not even see Him now, you believe and trust in Him and you greatly rejoice and delight with inexpressible and glorious joy,

9receiving as the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10Regarding this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was intended for you, searched carefully and inquired,

11seeking to find out what person or what time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

12It was revealed to them that their services were not for themselves and their time, but for you, in these things which have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Into these things even the angels long to look.

13So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober, fix your hope completely on the grace that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

14[Live] as obedient children; do not be conformed to the evil desires which governed you in your ignorance.

15But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;

16because it is written, “You shall be holy (set apart), for I am holy.”

17If you address as Father, the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear and with profound respect for Him throughout the time of your stay on earth.

18For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless way of life inherited from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,

19but with precious blood, like that of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ.

20For He was foreordained (foreknown) before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for your sake

21and through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

22Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, love one another from the heart,

23for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.

24For,

“All flesh is like grass,

And all its glory like the flower of grass.

The grass withers

And the flower falls off,

25But the word of the Lord endures forever.”

And this is the word which was preached to you.