apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,

Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 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. 3 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,4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and

that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are

kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in

the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a

season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

7 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: 8 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:9 Receiving

the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.10 Of

which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who

prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:11

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. 12 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.

13 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; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning

yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of

conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am

holy. 17 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:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not

redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain

conversation received by tradition from your fathers;19 But

with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without

spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of

the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him

glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye

have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned

love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart

fervently:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but

of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the

flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth

away:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this

is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. 1 Peter 1 Have a great weekend God Bless You Love Bill