<vn='1'><sn="4074">Peter</s>, an <sn="652">apostle</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, to the <sn="3927">strangers</s> scattered <sn="1290">throughout</s><sn="4195">Pontus</s>, <sn="1053">Galatia</s>, <sn="2587">Cappadocia</s>, <sn="773">Asia</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="978">Bithynia</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1588">Elect</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the <sn="4268">foreknowledge</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="1722">through</s><sn="38">sanctification</s> of the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>, <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5218">obedience</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4473">sprinkling</s> of the <sn="129">blood</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: <sn="5485">Grace</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, be <sn="4129">multiplied</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2128">Blessed</s> be <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, which <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="848">his</s><sn="4183">abundant</s><sn="1656">mercy</s> hath begotten us <sn="313 2248">again</s><sn="1519">unto</s> a <sn="2198">lively</s><sn="1680">hope</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="386">resurrection</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1519">To</s> an <sn="2817">inheritance</s><sn="862">incorruptible</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="283">undefiled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that fadeth not <sn="263">away</s>, <sn="5083">reserved</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3772">heaven</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="2248">you</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>Who are <sn="5432">kept</s><sn="1722">by</s> the <sn="1411">power</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="2092">ready</s> to be <sn="601">revealed</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2078">last</s><sn="2540">time</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1722 3739">Wherein</s> ye greatly <sn="21">rejoice</s>, though <sn="737">now</s> for a <sn="3641">season</s>, <sn="1487">if</s> need <sn="1163 2076">be</s>, ye are in <sn="3076">heaviness</s><sn="1722">through</s><sn="4164">manifold</s><sn="3986">temptations</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1383">trial</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, being <sn="4183">much</s> more <sn="5093">precious</s> than of <sn="5553">gold</s> that <sn="622">perisheth</s>, <sn="1161">though</s> it be <sn="1381">tried</s><sn="1223">with</s><sn="4442">fire</s>, might be <sn="2147">found</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="1868">praise</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5092">honor</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1391">glory</s><sn="1722">at</s> the <sn="602">appearing</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3739">Whom</s> having <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1492">seen</s>, ye <sn="25">love</s>; <sn="1519">in</s><sn="3739">whom</s>, though <sn="737">now</s> ye <sn="3708">see</s> him <sn="3361">not</s>, <sn="1161">yet</s><sn="4100">believing</s>, ye <sn="21">rejoice</s> with <sn="5479">joy</s><sn="412">unspeakable</s><sn="2532">and</s> full of <sn="1392">glory</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2865">Receiving</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5056">end</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, even the <sn="4991">salvation</s> of your <sn="5590">souls</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="4012">Of</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="4991">salvation</s> the <sn="4396">prophets</s> have <sn="1567">inquired</s><sn="2532">and</s> searched <sn="1830">diligently</s>, who <sn="4395">prophesied</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s> that should come <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2045">Searching</s><sn="5101">what</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> what <sn="4169">manner</s> of <sn="2540">time</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s> which was <sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">them</s> did <sn="1213">signify</s>, when it testified <sn="4303">beforehand</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3804">sufferings</s><sn="1519">of</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s> that should <sn="3326 5023">follow</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Unto <sn="3739">whom</s> it was <sn="601">revealed</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3756">not</s> unto <sn="1438">themselves</s>, <sn="1161">but</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s> they did <sn="1247">minister</s> the <sn="846">things</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> are <sn="3568">now</s><sn="312">reported</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="1223">by</s> them that have preached the <sn="2097">gospel</s> unto <sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> sent <sn="649">down</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>; which <sn="3739">things</s> the <sn="32">angels</s><sn="1937">desire</s> to <sn="3879">look</s><sn="1519">into</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s> gird <sn="328">up</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3751">loins</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="1271">mind</s>, be <sn="3525">sober</s>, and <sn="1679">hope</s> to the <sn="5049">end</s><sn="1909">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s> that is to be <sn="5342">brought</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="1722">at</s> the <sn="602">revelation</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5613">As</s><sn="5218">obedient</s><sn="5043">children</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> fashioning <sn="4964">yourselves</s> according to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4386">former</s><sn="1939">lusts</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="52">ignorance</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="235">But</s><sn="2596">as</s> he which hath <sn="2564">called</s><sn="5209">you</s> is <sn="40">holy</s>, <sn="2532">so</s><sn="1096">be</s><sn="846">ye</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="1722">in</s> all <sn="3956">manner</s> of <sn="391">conversation</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1360">Because</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="1096">Be</s> ye <sn="40">holy</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="40">holy</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1487">if</s> ye call <sn="1941">on</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s>, who without respect of persons <sn="2919 678">judgeth</s><sn="2596">according</s> to every <sn="1538">man</s> 's <sn="2041">work</s>, <sn="390">pass</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5550">time</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="3940">sojourning</s> here <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5401">fear</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>Forasmuch as ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> ye were <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3084">redeemed</s> with corruptible <sn="5349">things</s>, as <sn="694">silver</s><sn="2228">and</s><sn="5553">gold</s>, <sn="1537">from</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="3152">vain</s><sn="391">conversation</s> received by tradition from your <sn="3970">fathers</s>; </v>
<vn='19'><sn="235">But</s> with the <sn="5093">precious</s><sn="129">blood</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> of a <sn="286">lamb</s> without <sn="299">blemish</s><sn="2532">and</s> without <sn="784">spot</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>Who <sn="3303">verily</s> was <sn="4267">foreordained</s><sn="4253">before</s> the <sn="2602">foundation</s> of the <sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="1161">but</s> was <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1909">in</s> these <sn="2078">last</s><sn="5550">times</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="5209">you</s>, </v>
<vn='21'>Who <sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">him</s> do <sn="4100">believe</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>, that raised him <sn="1453 846">up</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1325">gave</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1391">glory</s>; <sn="5620">that</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1680">hope</s> might <sn="1511">be</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Seeing ye have <sn="48">purified</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5590">souls</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5218">obeying</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="1223">through</s> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="505">unfeigned</s> love of the <sn="5360">brethren</s>, see that ye <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s><sn="1537">with</s> a <sn="2513">pure</s><sn="2588">heart</s><sn="1619">fervently</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>Being born <sn="313">again</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="5349">corruptible</s><sn="4701">seed</s>, <sn="235">but</s> of <sn="862">incorruptible</s>, <sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, which <sn="2198">liveth</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1360">For</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> is <sn="5613">as</s><sn="5528">grass</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="444">man</s><sn="5613">as</s> the <sn="438">flower</s> of <sn="5528">grass</s>. <sn="3588">The</s><sn="5528">grass</s><sn="3583">withereth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="438">flower</s><sn="846">thereof</s> falleth <sn="1601">away</s>: </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">word</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="3306">endureth</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">word</s> which by the gospel is <sn="2097">preached</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>