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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Peter 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_peter/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_peter/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 1 Peter 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/5.htm" title="James 5">◄</a> 1 Peter 1 <a href="../1_peter/2.htm" title="1 Peter 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_peter/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,</p><p class="opening">To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:</p><p class="opening">Grace and peace be yours in abundance.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Praise to God for a Living Hope</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Be Holy</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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 ancestors, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some early manuscripts from a pure heart">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“All people are like grass,</p><p class="line2">and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;</p><p class="line1">the grass withers and the flowers fall,</p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>but the word of the Lord endures forever.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)">c</a></sup></span> </p></div><p class="pcontinued">And this is the word that was preached to you.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some early manuscripts <i>from a pure heart</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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