1 Peter 1
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Greeting
1Peter, # 1:1 Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 an apostle of Jesus Christ:
To those chosen, living as exiles # 1:1 Gn 23:4; Ps 39:12; Heb 11:9,13; 1Pt 2:11 dispersed # 1:1 Jn 7:35; Jms 1:1 abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, # 1:1 Ac 2:9; 6:9; 16:6–7; Gl 1:2 chosen # 1:1 Mt 22:14; 24:22; Ti 1:1 2according to the foreknowledge # 1:2 Rm 8:29; 1Pt 1:20 of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, # 1:2 2Th 2:13 to be obedient # 1:2 1Pt 1:14,22 and to be sprinkled with the blood # 1:2 Heb 9:12; 10:22; 12:24 of Jesus Christ.
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
A Living Hope
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. # 1:3 2Co 1:3; Eph 1:3 Because of his great mercy # 1:3 Gl 6:16; Ti 3:5 he has given us new birth # 1:3 Jn 1:13; 3:3,7; Jms 1:18; 1Pt 1:23 into a living hope # 1:3 Ac 23:6; 1Th 1:3 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead # 1:3 1Co 15:20; 1Pt 3:21 4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, # 1:4 Ac 20:32; Rm 8:17; Col 3:24 undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven # 1:4 2Tm 4:8 for you. 5You are being guarded by God’s power # 1:5 Jn 10:28; Php 4:7 through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. # 1:5 Rm 8:18; 2Co 4:17; Heb 12:11; 1Pt 4:13; 5:1,10; Rv 15:1; 21:9 6You rejoice in this, # 1:6 Or In this fact rejoice even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials # 1:6 Jms 1:2; 1Pt 4:12 7so that the proven character of your faith # 1:7 Jms 1:3 — more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire # 1:7 Is 48:10; Zch 13:9; Mal 3:3; 1Co 3:13 — may result # 1:7 2Co 5:3; Php 3:9; Rv 14:5 in praise, glory, and honor # 1:7 Rm 2:7,10,29; 1Co 4:5 at the revelation of Jesus Christ. # 1:7 Lk 17:30 8Though you have not seen # 1:8 Ex 33:20; Rm 8:24 him, you love him; # 1:8 1Jn 4:20 though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice # 1:8 Jn 15:11; 2Co 6:10 with inexpressible and glorious joy, 9because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, # 1:10 Lk 1:70; 10:24; 16:16,29; 18:31; 24:25,27,44 who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and carefully investigated. 11They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ # 1:11 Rm 8:9 within them was indicating when he testified in advance # 1:11 Mt 26:24 to the sufferings of Christ # 1:11 Mk 8:31; Lk 24:26; Php 3:10 and the glories # 1:11 Lk 24:26 that would follow. # 1:11 Or the glories after that 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you # 1:12 Mk 16:15; 1Co 9:14; 2Co 10:16 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven # 1:12 Jn 14:26; 15:26; Ac 1:8; 2:2–4; 13:4 — angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.
A Call to Holy Living
13Therefore, with your minds ready for action, # 1:13 Ex 12:11 be sober-minded # 1:13 1Pt 5:8 and set your hope # 1:13 Mt 12:21; Rm 8:24; 1Th 1:3 completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation # 1:13 1Pt 4:13; 5:4 of Jesus Christ. 14As obedient children, # 1:14 Heb 2:13 do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance. 15But as the one who called you # 1:15 Gl 1:6; 5:8; 1Th 2:12; 5:24; 1Pt 5:10 is holy, # 1:15 Lk 1:49; 1Co 7:14 you also are to be holy in all your conduct; 16for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy. # 1:16 Lv 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7,# 1:16 Lv 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7 17If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially # 1:17 Ac 10:34; Rm 2:11; Gl 2:6; Eph 6:9 according to each one’s work, # 1:17 1Co 3:12 you are to conduct yourselves in reverence # 1:17 Ac 9:31; Rm 3:18; 2Co 5:11; 7:1; Eph 5:21; Php 2:12 during your time living as strangers. 18For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life # 1:18 2Pt 3:11 inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, # 1:18 Is 52:3; 1Co 6:20; Ti 2:14; Heb 9:12 19but with the precious blood of Christ, # 1:19 Jn 6:53; Ac 20:28; 1Co 10:16; Eph 2:13; Heb 10:19 like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. # 1:19 Ex 12:5; Lv 4:32; Is 53:7; Jn 1:29 20He was foreknown # 1:20 Ac 2:23; Eph 1:4; 1Pt 1:2; Rv 13:8 before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times # 1:20 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18 for you. 21Through him you believe in God, # 1:21 Ac 10:45; Rm 4:24; 10:9; Eph 1:1; 1Tm 4:12; 6:2 who raised him from the dead # 1:21 Ac 2:24; Rm 10:9 and gave him glory, # 1:21 Jn 17:5,24; 1Tm 3:16; Heb 2:9 so that your faith and hope are in God.
22Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, # 1:22 Other mss add through the Spirit so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, # 1:22 Zch 7:9; Jn 13:34; Rm 12:10; 1Th 4:9; 1Jn 4:7 from a pure # 1:22 Other mss omit pure heart love one another constantly, # 1:22 Or fervently,# 1:22 1Tm 1:5 23because you have been born again # 1:23 1Pt 1:3 — not of perishable seed # 1:23 1Jn 3:9 but of imperishable — through the living and enduring word of God. # 1:23 Lk 8:21; Heb 4:12 24For
All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory # 1:24 1Pt 5:4 like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. # 1:24–25 Is 40:6–8,# 1:24–25 Is 40:6–8; Lk 21:33; Jms 1:10–11; 1Jn 2:17
And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you.
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1Shim'on Kefa a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to HaBechirim (the Chosen ones),#1:1 1K 2:4,6,9
to the Exiled ones of the Golus, Sojourners living as aliens in the Diaspora, scattered in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2To HaBechirim (the Chosen ones) according to the yedi'ah mukdemet (foreknowledge)#1:2 1:20 of Elohim Avinu, the ones set apart as Kedoshim by the Ruach Hakodesh, resulting in mishma'at (obedience)#1:2 1:14,22; 3:6; 4:17 to the Moshiach and resulting in hazzayat HaDahm#1:2 Isa 52:15; Ex 24:7 (sprinkling of the Blood) of Moshiach Yehoshua.
May Chen v'Chesed Hashem and Shalom Hashem abound to all of you!
3Baruch Hashem, HaElohim Avi of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua! By his great rachamim (mercy) we have been born anew to a tikvah chayyah (living hope) through the Techiyas Yehoshua from HaMesim (the dead ones). 4We have also been born anew to a nachalah (inheritance)#1:4 3:9 that is without shachat#1:4 Ps 16:10 (corruption, decay), undefiled and unfading, having been preserved in Shomayim for you, 5The ones by the koach of Hashem being guarded through Emunah (Faith) for Yeshu'at Eloheinu (the Salvation of our G-d), which is ready to be revealed at the Ketz Hayamim (End of Days). 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer in various masot (trials, temptations),#1:6 4:12 7That the genuineness of your Emunah, much more valuable than gold which though perishable is tested by Eish (Fire), may be found to the tehillah (praise) and the kavod (glory) and the tiferet (splendor) at the Hisgalus (Revelation, Apocalypse) of Moshiach Yehoshua. 8He is the one for whom you have ahavah, even though you have not seen him. Though you do not now see him, you have emunah in him#1:8 as Moshiach and rejoice with simcha inexpressible and full of kavod, 9Obtaining the maskana (outcome) of your Emunah, the Yeshu'at Eloheynu of your nefashot (souls).
10The Nevi'im, who prophesied of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem that was to come to you, searched and inquired about this Yeshu'at Eloheynu. 11The Nevi'im were searching for what zman (time) or what context of occasion the Ruach of Moshiach in them was pointing to, when predicting the Chevlei Moshiach and HaKavod to follow. 12The hisgalus (revelation) came to the Nevi'im that the avodas hakodesh ministry they were rendering was not to themselves, but to you, when they spoke of the things announced to you through the Mevaserim#1:12 On the word Mevaserim see Isa 40:9. (Messianic Darshanim, Maggidim) of the Besuras HaGeulah by the Ruach Hakodesh sent from Shomayim, the very things even malachim desire to look into.
13Therefore, tighten the “readiness” gartel of your mind, a mind that is one of kibush hayetzer (self-control). Set your tikvah completely on the Chen v'Chesed Hashem that is being brought to you, at the Hisgalus (Revelation, Apocalypse) of Moshiach Yehoshua. 14As Bnei Mishma'at#1:14 1K 1:2 (Children of Obedience), not conforming yourselves to your former ta'avot (lusts), when you lacked da'as (personal, saving knowledge), 15But, als (since) the One who bestows on you the kri'ah (calling) is KADOSH HU,#1:15 Ps 99:5 so also yourselves become Kedoshim in hitnahagut (conduct), 16Because it says in the Torah, KEDOSHIM TIH'YU KI KADOSH ANI#1:16 Lv 19:2 (You must be holy ones for I am holy). 17And if you call upon as “Avinu”#1:17 Mt 6:9 the One who is the impartial Shofet (Shofet kol ha'aretz) of each man L'ISH K'MA'ASEIHU#1:17 Ps 62:12 [13] (To each according to his deeds), then conduct yourself with yirat Shomayim during your time in the Golus of the Olam Hazeh, 18Having da'as that the padut nafsheynu (redemption ransom of our souls) was not with perishable things such as silver or gold when your Geulah (Redemption) was purchased from the Derech HaHevel (empty way of life) handed down to you from your Avot. 19No, it was the precious DAHM#1:19 Lv 17:11 as of a SEH TAMIM U'MUM#1:19 Ex 12:5; Lv 22:20; Isa 53:7,9 (lamb unblemished and unspotted), the DAHM of Moshiach#1:19 Mt 26:28 20Who, on the one hand, having been foreknown lifnei hivvased tevel (before the foundation of the world), but, on the other hand, having been manifested#1:20 5:4 at the Ketz Hayamim (End of Days) because of you. 21Through him#1:21 Moshiach you have emunah in Hashem, the One who brought forth the Techiyas HaMoshiach from HaMesim (the dead ones) and gave him Kavod. And so your emunah and your tikvah#1:21 1:13 are in Hashem.
22Having purified your nefashot (souls) by mishma'at#1:22 see 1:2 (obedience) to HaEmes, resulting in ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love) without tzevi'ut (hypocrisy), have fervent ahavah (agape) for one another, from a lev tahor. 23You have been given a new birth,#1:23 Yn 3:3 not from perishable zerah (seed), but zerah that is without shachat#1:23 Ps 16:1 (corruption), through the Dvar Hashem who is Chai v'Nitzav l'Olam (living and remaining firm forever). 24For, All flesh is grass and all of [mankindʼs] glory is like the flower: the grass withers, the flower falls, 25But the Word of our G-d stands forever.#1:25 Isa 40:6-8 And this is the Dvar proclaimed to you as the Besuras HaGeulah [in Moshiach].
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