Book 60 1 Peter
60:001:001 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the
strangers scattered
throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
60:001:002 Elect according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father,
through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling
of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you,
and
peace,
be multiplied.
60:001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which
according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a
lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
60:001:004 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that
fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you,
60:001:005 Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation
ready
to be revealed in the last time.
60:001:006 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now
for a season, if need
be,
ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
60:001:007 That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of
gold
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might
be
found
unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of
Jesus
Christ:
60:001:008 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him
not,
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and
full
of
glory:
60:001:009 Receiving the end of your faith, even the
salvation of your
souls.
60:001:010 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired
and searched
diligently,
who prophesied of the grace that should come unto
you:
60:001:011 Searching what, or what manner of time
the Spirit of Christ
which
was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand
the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
60:001:012 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto
us
they did minister the things, which are now reported
unto
you
by them that have preached the gospel unto you with
the
Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels
desire
to look into.
60:001:013 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope
to
the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you
at the
revelation
of Jesus Christ;
60:001:014 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
according to
the
former lusts in your ignorance:
60:001:015 But as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all
manner
of conversation;
60:001:016 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
60:001:017 And if ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons
judgeth
according to every man’s work, pass the time
of your
sojourning
here in fear:


