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on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Ghost sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">A Call to Be Holy<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../hebrews/12.htm#14">Hebrews 12:14-17</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but like as he which called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>who through him are believers in God, which raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.</p> <a name="22" id="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Word of the Lord Stands Forever<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/40.htm#6">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_peter/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Peter 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Peter 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_peter/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>