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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 MSB</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="../">MSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/msb/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Majority Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/1_peter/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Greeting from Peter<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_peter/1.htm">2 Peter 1:1–2</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, <p class="reg"> To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: <p class="reg"> Grace and peace be yours in abundance. <A name="4"></a><p class="hdg">A Living Hope<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, honor, and glory<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> at the revelation of Jesus Christ. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Though you have not known<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">A Call to Holiness<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/12.htm#14">Hebrews 12:14–17</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore prepare your minds for action.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/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, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/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 you inherited from your forefathers, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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. <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Enduring Word<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/40.htm#6">Isaiah 40:6–8</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/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 forever<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> enduring word of God. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For, <p class="indent1stline">“All flesh is like grass, <p class="indent2"> and all the glory of man<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> like the flowers of the field; <p class="indent1"> the grass withers and the flowers fall, <p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>but the word of the Lord stands forever.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">l</a></span> <p class="reg"> And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>To the elect sojourners of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia</i>. These provinces were located in what is now Turkey.<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>has caused us to be born again</i> or <i>has begotten us again</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> CT and F35 <i>praise, glory, and honor</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> CT and TR <i>have not seen</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> TR <i>us</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Literally <i>Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Leviticus 11:44–45; Leviticus 19:2<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> CT does not include <i>through the Spirit</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> SBL, NE, and WH <i>from the heart</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> CT does not include <i>forever</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> CT <i>and all its glory</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">l</span> Isaiah 40:6–8<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, Majrity Standard Bible, MSB is produced in cooperation with <a href=//biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a>, <a href=//discoverybible.com>Discovery Bible</a>, <a href=//openbible.com>OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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