,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #fj #a ,peter #fj3jja3jja ,peter1 an apostle of ,jesus ,christ1 to the strangers scattered throughout ,pontus1 ,galatia1 ,cappadocia1 ,asia1 and ,bithynia1 #fj3jja3jjb ,elect according to the foreknowledge of ,god the ,father1 through sanctification of the ,spirit1 unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of ,jesus ,christ3 ,grace unto you1 and peace1 be multiplied4 #fj3jja3jjc ,blessed be the ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of ,jesus ,christ from the dead1 #fj3jja3jjd ,to an inheritance incorruptible1 and undefiled1 and that fadeth not away1 reserved in heaven for you1 #fj3jja3jje ,who are kept by the power of ,god through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time4 #fj3jja3jjf ,wherein ye greatly rejoice1 though now for a season1 if need be1 ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations3 #fj3jja3jjg ,that the trial of your faith1 being much more precious than of gold that perisheth1 though it be tried with fire1 might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of ,jesus ,christ3 #fj3jja3jjh ,whom having not seen1 ye love2 in whom1 though now ye see him not1 yet believing1 ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory3 #fj3jja3jji ,receiving the end of your faith1 even the salvation of your souls4 #fj3jja3jaj ,of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently1 who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you3 #fj3jja3jaa ,searching what1 or what manner of time the ,spirit of ,christ which was in them did signify1 when it testified beforehand the sufferings of ,christ1 and the glory that should follow4 #fj3jja3jab ,unto whom it was revealed1 that not unto themselves1 but unto us they did minister the things1 which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the ,holy ,ghost sent down from heaven2 which things the angels desire to look into4 #fj3jja3jac ,wherefore gird up the loins of your mind1 be sober1 and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of ,jesus ,christ2 #fj3jja3jad ,as obedient children1 not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance3 #fj3jja3jae ,but as he which hath called you is holy1 so be ye holy in all manner of conversation2 #fj3jja3jaf ,because it is written1 ,be ye holy2 for ,i am holy4 #fj3jja3jag ,and if ye call on the ,father1 who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work1 pass the time of your sojourning here in fear3 #fj3jja3jah ,forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things1 as silver and gold1 from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers2 #fj3jja3jai ,but with the precious blood of ,christ1 as of a lamb without blemish and without spot3 #fj3jja3jbj ,who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world1 but was manifest in these last times for you1 #fj3jja3jba ,who by him do believe in ,god1 that raised him up from the dead1 and gave him glory2 that your faith and hope might be in ,god4 #fj3jja3jbb ,seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the ,spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren1 see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently3 #fj3jja3jbc ,being born again1 not of corruptible seed1 but of incorruptible1 by the word of ,god1 which liveth and abideth for ever4 #fj3jja3jbd ,for all flesh is as grass1 and all the glory of man as the flower of grass4 ,the grass withereth1 and the flower thereof falleth away3 #fj3jja3jbe ,but the word of the ,lord endureth for ever4 ,and this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you4 #fj3jjb3jja ,wherefore laying aside all malice1 and all guile1 and hypocrisies1 and envies1 all evil speakings1 #fj3jjb3jjb ,as newborn babes1 desire the sincere milk of the word1 that ye may grow thereby3 #fj3jjb3jjc ,if so be ye have tasted that the ,lord is gracious4 #fj3jjb3jjd ,to whom coming1 as unto a living stone1 disallowed indeed of men1 but chosen of ,god1 and precious1 #fj3jjb3jje ,ye also1 as lively stones1 are built up a spiritual house1 an holy priesthood1 to offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ4 #fj3jjb3jjf ,wherefore also it is contained in the scripture1 ,behold1 ,i lay in ,sion a chief corner stone1 elect1 precious3 and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded4 #fj3jjb3jjg ,unto you therefore which believe he is precious3 but unto them which be disobedient1 the stone which the builders disallowed1 the same is made the head of the corner1 #fj3jjb3jjh ,and a stone of stumbling1 and a rock of offence1 even to them which stumble at the word1 being disobedient3 whereunto also they were appointed4 #fj3jjb3jji ,but ye are a chosen generation1 a royal priesthood1 an holy nation1 a peculiar people2 that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light2 #fj3jjb3jaj ,which in time past were not a people1 but are now the people of ,god3 which had not obtained mercy1 but now have obtained mercy4 #fj3jjb3jaa ,dearly beloved1 ,i beseech you as strangers and pilgrims1 abstain from fleshly lusts1 which war against the soul2 #fj3jjb3jab ,having your conversation honest among the ,gentiles3 that1 whereas they speak against you as evildoers1 they may by your good works1 which they shall behold1 glorify ,god in the day of visitation4 #fj3jjb3jac ,submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the ,lord's sake3 whether it be to the king1 as supreme2 #fj3jjb3jad ,or unto governors1 as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers1 and for the praise of them that do well4 #fj3jjb3jae ,for so is the will of ,god1 that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men3 #fj3jjb3jaf ,as free1 and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness1 but as the servants of ,god4 #fj3jjb3jag ,honour all men4 ,love the brotherhood4 ,fear ,god4 ,honour the king4 #fj3jjb3jah ,servants1 be subject to your masters with all fear2 not only to the good and gentle1 but also to the froward4 #fj3jjb3jai ,for this is thankworthy1 if a man for conscience toward ,god endure grief1 suffering wrongfully4 #fj3jjb3jbj ,for what glory is it1 if1 when ye be buffeted for your faults1 ye shall take it patiently8 but if1 when ye do well1 and suffer for it1 ye take it patiently1 this is acceptable with ,god4 #fj3jjb3jba ,for even hereunto were ye called3 because ,christ also suffered for us1 leaving us an example1 that ye should follow his steps3 #fj3jjb3jbb ,who did no sin1 neither was guile found in his mouth3 #fj3jjb3jbc ,who1 when he was reviled1 reviled not again2 when he suffered1 he threatened not2 but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously3 #fj3jjb3jbd ,who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree1 that we1 being dead to sins1 should live unto righteousness3 by whose stripes ye were healed4 #fj3jjb3jbe ,for ye were as sheep going astray2 but are now returned unto the ,shepherd and ,bishop of your souls4 #fj3jjc3jja ,likewise1 ye wives1 be in subjection to your own husbands2 that1 if any obey not the word1 they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives2 #fj3jjc3jjb ,while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear4 #fj3jjc3jjc ,whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair1 and of wearing of gold1 or of putting on of apparel2 #fj3jjc3jjd ,but let it be the hidden man of the heart1 in that which is not corruptible1 even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit1 which is in the sight of ,god of great price4 #fj3jjc3jje ,for after this manner in the old time the holy women also1 who trusted in ,god1 adorned themselves1 being in subjection unto their own husbands3 #fj3jjc3jjf ,even as ,sara obeyed ,abraham1 calling him lord3 whose daughters ye are1 as long as ye do well1 and are not afraid with any amazement4 #fj3jjc3jjg ,likewise1 ye husbands1 dwell with them according to knowledge1 giving honour unto the wife1 as unto the weaker vessel1 and as being heirs together of the grace of life2 that your prayers be not hindered4 #fj3jjc3jjh ,finally1 be ye all of one mind1 having compassion one of another1 love as brethren1 be pitiful1 be courteous3 #fj3jjc3jji ,not rendering evil for evil1 or railing for railing3 but contrariwise blessing2 knowing that ye are thereunto called1 that ye should inherit a blessing4 #fj3jjc3jaj ,for he that will love life1 and see good days1 let him refrain his tongue from evil1 and his lips that they speak no guile3 #fj3jjc3jaa ,let him eschew evil1 and do good2 let him seek peace1 and ensue it4 #fj3jjc3jab ,for the eyes of the ,lord are over the righteous1 and his ears are open unto their prayers3 but the face of the ,lord is against them that do evil4 #fj3jjc3jac ,and who is he that will harm you1 if ye be followers of that which is good8 #fj3jjc3jad ,but and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake1 happy are ye3 and be not afraid of their terror1 neither be troubled2 #fj3jjc3jae ,but sanctify the ,lord ,god in your hearts3 and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear3 #fj3jjc3jaf ,having a good conscience2 that1 whereas they speak evil of you1 as of evildoers1 they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in ,christ4 #fj3jjc3jag ,for it is better1 if the will of ,god be so1 that ye suffer for well doing1 than for evil doing4 #fj3jjc3jah ,for ,christ also hath once suffered for sins1 the just for the unjust1 that he might bring us to ,god1 being put to death in the flesh1 but quickened by the ,spirit3 #fj3jjc3jai ,by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison2 #fj3jjc3jbj ,which sometime were disobedient1 when once the longsuffering of ,god waited in the days of ,noah1 while the ark was a preparing1 wherein few1 that is1 eight souls were saved by water4 #fj3jjc3jba ,the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us 7not the putting away of the filth of the flesh1 but the answer of a good conscience toward ,god17 by the resurrection of ,jesus ,christ3 #fj3jjc3jbb ,who is gone into heaven1 and is on the right hand of ,god2 angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him4 #fj3jjd3jja ,forasmuch then as ,christ hath suffered for us in the flesh1 arm yourselves likewise with the same mind3 for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin2 #fj3jjd3jjb ,that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men1 but to the will of ,god4 #fj3jjd3jjc ,for the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the ,gentiles1 when we walked in lasciviousness1 lusts1 excess of wine1 revellings1 banquetings1 and abominable idolatries3 #fj3jjd3jjd ,wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot1 speaking evil of you3 #fj3jjd3jje ,who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead4 #fj3jjd3jjf ,for for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead1 that they might be judged according to men in the flesh1 but live according to ,god in the spirit4 #fj3jjd3jjg ,but the end of all things is at hand3 be ye therefore sober1 and watch unto prayer4 #fj3jjd3jjh ,and above all things have fervent charity among yourselves3 for charity shall cover the multitude of sins4 #fj3jjd3jji ,use hospitality one to another without grudging4 #fj3jjd3jaj ,as every man hath received the gift1 even so minister the same one to another1 as good stewards of the manifold grace of ,god4 #fj3jjd3jaa ,if any man speak1 let him speak as the oracles of ,god2 if any man minister1 let him do it as of the ability which ,god giveth3 that ,god in all things may be glorified through ,jesus ,christ1 to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever4 ,amen4 #fj3jjd3jab ,beloved1 think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you1 as though some strange thing happened unto you3 #fj3jjd3jac ,but rejoice1 inasmuch as ye are partakers of ,christ's sufferings2 that1 when his glory shall be revealed1 ye may be glad also with exceeding joy4 #fj3jjd3jad ,if ye be reproached for the name of ,christ1 happy are ye2 for the spirit of glory and of ,god resteth upon you3 on their part he is evil spoken of1 but on your part he is glorified4 #fj3jjd3jae ,but let none of you suffer as a murderer1 or as a thief1 or as an evildoer1 or as a busybody in other men's matters4 #fj3jjd3jaf ,yet if any man suffer as a ,christian1 let him not be ashamed2 but let him glorify ,god on this behalf4 #fj3jjd3jag ,for the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of ,god3 and if it first begin at us1 what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of ,god8 #fj3jjd3jah ,and if the righteous scarcely be saved1 where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear8 #fj3jjd3jai ,wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of ,god commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing1 as unto a faithful ,creator4 #fj3jje3jja ,the elders which are among you ,i exhort1 who am also an elder1 and a witness of the sufferings of ,christ1 and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed3 #fj3jje3jjb ,feed the flock of ,god which is among you1 taking the oversight thereof1 not by constraint1 but willingly2 not for filthy lucre1 but of a ready mind2 #fj3jje3jjc ,neither as being lords over ,god's heritage1 but being ensamples to the flock4 #fj3jje3jjd ,and when the chief ,shepherd shall appear1 ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away4 #fj3jje3jje ,likewise1 ye younger1 submit yourselves unto the elder4 ,yea1 all of you be subject one to another1 and be clothed with humility3 for ,god resisteth the proud1 and giveth grace to the humble4 #fj3jje3jjf ,humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of ,god1 that he may exalt you in due time3 #fj3jje3jjg ,casting all your care upon him2 for he careth for you4 #fj3jje3jjh ,be sober1 be vigilant2 because your adversary the devil1 as a roaring lion1 walketh about1 seeking whom he may devour3 #fj3jje3jji ,whom resist stedfast in the faith1 knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world4 #fj3jje3jaj ,but the ,god of all grace1 who hath called us unto his eternal glory by ,christ ,jesus1 after that ye have suffered a while1 make you perfect1 stablish1 strengthen1 settle you4 #fj3jje3jaa ,to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever4 ,amen4 #fj3jje3jab ,by ,silvanus1 a faithful brother unto you1 as ,i suppose1 ,i have written briefly1 exhorting1 and testifying that this is the true grace of ,god wherein ye stand4 #fj3jje3jac ,the church that is at ,babylon1 elected together with you1 saluteth you2 and so doth ,marcus my son4 #fj3jje3jad ,greet ye one another with a kiss of charity4 ,peace be with you all that are in ,christ ,jesus4 ,amen4