1 Peter 1
1 PETER, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, to the elect and sojourners, who are dispersed in Pontus and in Galatia, and in Cappadocia, and in Asia, and in Bithynia,
Peter, an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 to them who have been chosen, by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the Messiah: May grace and peace abound towards you.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Ruach, that you may obey Yeshua the Messiah and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
3 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead,
4 and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;
to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
5 while ye are kept, by the power of God and by faith, for the life that is prepared and will be revealed in the last times;
who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you;
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
7 so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, unto glory and honor and praise, at the manifestation of Jesus the Messiah:
that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed—
8 whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,
whom not having seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory—
9 that ye may receive the recompense of your faith, the life of your souls;
receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 that life namely, about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
11 And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory.
searching for who or what kind of time the Ruach of Messiah, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Messiah, and the glories that would follow them.
12 And it was revealed to them, in regard to all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.
To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Ruach ha-Kodesh sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
13 Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed.
14 as obedient children: and be ye not conversant again with those former lusts, with which ye lusted when without knowledge.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires as in your ignorance,
15 But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you.
but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;
16 Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.
because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
17 And if so be ye call on the Father, with whom is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojournment with fear;
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:
18 since ye know, that neither with perishable silver, nor with gold, ye were redeemed from your vain doings, which ye had by tradition from your fathers;
knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
19 but with the precious blood of that Lamb in which is no spot nor blemish, namely, the Messiah:
but with precious blood, as of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely the Messiah.
20 who was predestined to this, before the foundation of the world; and was manifested at the termination of the times, for your sakes;
He was chosen in advance before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake,
21 who, by means of him, have believed in God, who raised him from the dead and conferred glory on him; that your faith and hope might be in God,
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
23 like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding word of God. (aiōn g165)
24 Because all flesh is as grass, and all its beauty like the flower of the field. The grass drieth up, and the flower withereth away;
For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
