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,book #fj #a ,peter  #jja3jja ,peter1 an
 apostle of ,jesus ,christ1 to the      
chosen          ones who are living as  
foreigners in the ,dispersion           
in ,pontus1 ,galatia1 ,cappadocia1      
,asia1 and ,bithynia1  #jja3jjb         
according to the foreknowledge of ,god  
the ,father1 in sanctification          
of the ,spirit1 that you may obey ,jesus
 ,christ and be sprinkled          with 
his blood3  ,grace to you and peace be  
multiplied4  #jja3jjc ,blessed be the   
,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus    
,christ1          who according to his  
great mercy became our father again     
to a living hope through the            
resurrection of ,jesus ,christ          
from the dead1  #jja3jjd to an          
incorruptible and undefiled inheritance 
that doesn't          fade away1        
reserved in ,heaven for you1  #jja3jje  
who by the power of ,god are guarded    
through faith for a salvation           

ready to be revealed in the last time4  
#jja3jjf ,wherein you greatly rejoice1  
though now for a little while1          
if need be1 you have been put to grief  
in various trials1  #jja3jjg that the   
proof of your faith1 which is more      
precious than gold          that        
perishes even though it is tested by    
fire1 may be found          to result in
 praise1 glory1 and honor at the        
revelation          of ,jesus ,christ-- 
#jja3jjh whom not having known you love2
 in whom1 though now you          don't 
see him1 yet believing1 you rejoice     
greatly with joy          unspeakable   
and full of glory--  #jja3jji receiving 
the result of your faith1 the salvation 
of your souls4  #jja3jaj ,concerning    
this salvation1 the prophets sought and 
searched          diligently1 who       
prophesied of the grace that would come 
to you1  #jja3jaa searching for who or  
what kind of time the ,spirit of        
,christ1          which was in them1    
pointed to1 when he predicted the       

sufferings          of ,christ1 and the 
glories that would follow them4         
#jja3jab ,to them it was revealed1 that 
not to themselves1 but to you1          
they ministered these things1 which now 
have been announced          to you     
through those who preached the ,good    
,news to you          by the ,holy      
,spirit sent out from heaven2 which     
things angels          desire to look   
into4  #jja3jac ,therefore1 prepare your
 minds for action1literally1 gird up    
the waist of your mind be sober and set 
your hope fully          on the grace   
that will be brought to you at the      
revelation          of ,jesus ,christ-- 
#jja3jad as children of obedience1 not  
conforming yourselves according         
to your former lusts as in your         
ignorance1  #jja3jae but just as he who 
called you is holy1 you yourselves also 
be          holy in all of your         
behavior2  #jja3jaf because it is       
written1 ,you shall be holy2 for ,i     
am holy4,leviticus #aa3dd-de  #jja3jag  

,if you call on him as ,father1 who     
without respect of persons              
judges according to each man's work1    
pass the time of your          living as
 foreigners here in reverent fear3      
#jja3jah knowing that you were redeemed1
 not with corruptible things1           
with silver or gold1 from the useless   
way of life handed          down from   
your fathers1  #jja3jai but with        
precious blood1 as of a faultless and   
pure lamb1          the blood of        
,christ2  #jja3jbj who was foreknown    
indeed before the foundation of the     
world1          but was revealed at the 
end of times for your sake1  #jja3jba   
who through him are believers in ,god1  
who raised him from          the dead1  
and gave him glory2 so that your faith  
and hope          might be in ,god4     
#jja3jbb ,seeing you have purified your 
souls in your obedience to          the 
truth through the ,spirit in sincere    
brotherly affection1          love one  
another from the heart fervently3       

#jja3jbc having been born again1 not of 
corruptible seed1 but of incorruptible1 
through the word of ,god1 which lives   
and remains forever4  #jja3jbd ,for1    
,all flesh is like grass1 and all of    
man's glory like the          flower in 
the grass4  ,the grass withers1 and its 
flower falls2  #jja3jbe but the ,lord's 
word endures forever4,isaiah #dj3f-h    
,this          is the word of ,good     
,news which was preached to you4        
#jjb3jja ,putting away therefore all    
wickedness1 all deceit1 hypocrisies1    
envies1 and all evil speaking1  #jjb3jjb
 as newborn babies1 long for the pure   
milk of the ,word1          that you may
 grow thereby1  #jjb3jjc if indeed you  
have tasted that the ,lord is gracious3 
#jjb3jjd coming to him1 a living stone1 
rejected indeed by men1          but    
chosen by ,god1 precious4  #jjb3jje ,you
 also1 as living stones1 are built up as
 a spiritual house1          to be a    
holy priesthood1 to offer up spiritual  
sacrifices1          acceptable to ,god 

through ,jesus ,christ4  #jjb3jjf       
,because it is contained in ,scripture1 
,behold1 ,i lay          in ,zion a     
chief cornerstone1 chosen1 and precious3
          ,he who believes in him will  
not be disappointed4,isaiah #bh3af      
#jjb3jjg ,for you who believe therefore 
is the honor1 but for those who         
are disobedient1 ,the stone which the   
builders rejected1          has become  
the chief cornerstone1,psalm #aah3bb    
#jjb3jjh and1 a stone of stumbling1 and 
a rock of offense4,isaiah          #h3ad
 ,for they stumble at the word1 being   
disobedient1          to which also they
 were appointed4  #jjb3jji ,but you are 
a chosen race1 a royal priesthood1 a    
holy nation1          a people for      
,god's own possession1 that you may     
proclaim          the excellence of him 
who called you out of darkness into     
his marvelous light3  #jjb3jaj who in   
time past were no people1 but now are   
,god's people1          who had not     
obtained mercy1 but now have obtained   

mercy4  #jjb3jaa ,beloved1 ,i beg you as
 foreigners and pilgrims1 to abstain    
from fleshly lusts1 which war against   
the soul2  #jjb3jab having good behavior
 among the nations1 so in that of which 
they          speak against you as      
evil-doers1 they may by your good works1
          which they see1 glorify ,god  
in the day of visitation4  #jjb3jac     
,therefore subject yourselves to every  
ordinance of man for          the       
,lord's sake3  whether to the king1 as  
supreme2  #jjb3jad or to governors1 as  
sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers 
and for praise to those who do well4    
#jjb3jae ,for this is the will of ,god1 
that by well-doing you should put       
to silence the ignorance of foolish men3
  #jjb3jaf as free1 and not using your  
freedom for a cloak of wickedness1      
but as bondservants of ,god4  #jjb3jag  
,honor all men4  ,love the brotherhood4 
,fear ,god4          ,honor the king4   
#jjb3jah ,servants1 be in subjection to 
your masters with all fear2          not

 only to the good and gentle1 but also  
to the wicked4  #jjb3jai ,for it is     
commendable if someone endures pain1    
suffering unjustly1          because of 
conscience toward ,god4  #jjb3jbj ,for  
what glory is it if1 when you sin1 you  
patiently endure beating8          ,but 
if1 when you do well1 you patiently     
endure suffering1          this is      
commendable with ,god4  #jjb3jba ,for to
 this you were called1 because ,christ  
also suffered for us1          leaving  
you,,tr reads us instead of you an      
example1          that you should follow
 his steps1  #jjb3jbb who did not sin1  
neither was deceit found in his         
mouth4,isaiah #ec3i  #jjb3jbc ,who1 when
 he was cursed1 didn't curse back4      
,when he suffered1          didn't      
threaten1 but committed himself to him  
who judges righteously2  #jjb3jbd who   
his own self bore our sins in his body  
on the tree1          that we1 having   
died to sins1 might live to             
righteousness2          by whose stripes

 you were healed4  #jjb3jbe ,for you    
were going astray like sheep2 but now   
have returned to          the ,shepherd 
and ,overseer,overseer is from the      
,greek episkopon1          which can    
mean overseer1 curator1 guardian1 or    
superintendent4          of your souls4 
#jjc3jja ,in like manner1 wives1 be in  
subjection to your own husbands2        
so that1 even if any don't obey the     
,word1 they may be won          by the  
behavior of their wives without a word2 
#jjc3jjb seeing your pure behavior in   
fear4  #jjc3jjc ,let your beauty be not 
just the outward adorning of braiding   
the hair1 and of wearing jewels of gold1
 or of putting          on fine         
clothing2  #jjc3jjd but in the hidden   
person of the heart1 in the             
incorruptible          adornment of a   
gentle and quiet spirit1 which is in the
 sight          of ,god very precious4  
#jjc3jje ,for this is how the holy women
 before1 who hoped in ,god also         
adorned themselves1 being in subjection 

to their own husbands3  #jjc3jjf as     
,sarah obeyed ,abraham1 calling him     
lord1 whose children you          now   
are1 if you do well1 and are not put in 
fear by any terror4  #jjc3jjg ,you      
husbands1 in like manner1 live with your
 wives according          to knowledge1 
giving honor to the woman1 as to the    
weaker vessel1          as being also   
joint heirs of the grace of life2 that  
your          prayers may not be        
hindered4  #jjc3jjh ,finally1 be all    
like-minded1 compassionate1 loving as   
brothers1 tenderhearted1 courteous1     
#jjc3jji not rendering evil for evil1 or
 reviling for reviling2          but    
instead blessing2 knowing that to this  
were you called1          that you may  
inherit a blessing4  #jjc3jaj ,for1 ,he 
who would love life1 and see good days1 
let him keep          his tongue from   
evil1 and his lips from speaking deceit4
  #jjc3jaa ,let him turn away from evil1
 and do good4  ,let him seek peace1     
and pursue it4  #jjc3jab ,for the eyes  

of the ,lord are on the righteous1 and  
his ears          open to their prayer2 
but the face of the ,lord is against    
those who do evil4,psalm #cd3ab-af      
#jjc3jac ,now who is he who will harm   
you1 if you become imitators          of
 that which is good8  #jjc3jad ,but even
 if you should suffer for righteousness'
          sake1 you are blessed4  ,don't
 fear what they fear1          neither  
be troubled4,isaiah #h3ab  #jjc3jae ,but
 sanctify the ,lord ,god in your hearts2
 and always be ready          to give an
 answer to everyone who asks you a      
reason concerning          the hope that
 is in you1 with humility and fear3     
#jjc3jaf having a good conscience2 that1
 while you are spoken against           
as evildoers1 they may be disappointed  
who curse your good          manner of  
life in ,christ4  #jjc3jag ,for it is   
better1 if it is ,god's will1 that you  
suffer for doing          well than for 
doing evil4  #jjc3jah ,because ,christ  
also suffered for sins once1 the        

righteous          for the unrighteous1 
that he might bring you to ,god2        
being put to death in the flesh1 but    
made alive in the spirit2  #jjc3jai in  
which he also went and preached to the  
spirits in prison1  #jjc3jbj who before 
were disobedient1 when ,god waited      
patiently          in the days of ,noah1
 while the ark was being built4         
,in it1 few1 that is1 eight souls1 were 
saved through water4  #jjc3jba ,this is 
a symbol of baptism1 which now saves    
you--          not the putting away of  
the filth of the flesh1 but the answer  
of a good conscience toward ,god1       
through the resurrection          of    
,jesus ,christ1  #jjc3jbb who is at the 
right hand of ,god1 having gone into    
heaven1          angels and authorities 
and powers being made subject to him4   
#jjd3jja ,forasmuch then as ,christ     
suffered for us in the flesh1           
arm yourselves also with the same mind2 
for he who has suffered          in the 
flesh has ceased from sin2  #jjd3jjb    

that you no longer should live the rest 
of your time in the flesh          for  
the lusts of men1 but for the will of   
,god4  #jjd3jjc ,for we have spent      
enough of our past time doing the desire
          of the ,gentiles1 and having  
walked in lewdness1 lusts1              
drunken binges1 orgies1 carousings1 and 
abominable idolatries4  #jjd3jjd ,they  
think it is strange that you don't run  
with them into          the same excess 
of riot1 blaspheming3  #jjd3jje who will
 give account to him who is ready to    
judge the living          and the dead4 
#jjd3jjf ,for to this end the ,good     
,news was preached even to the dead1    
that they might be judged indeed as men 
in the flesh1          but live as to   
,god in the spirit4  #jjd3jjg ,but the  
end of all things is near4  ,therefore  
be of sound mind1                       
self-controlled1 and sober in prayer4   
#jjd3jjh ,and above all things be       
earnest in your love among yourselves1  
for love covers a multitude of sins4    

#jjd3jji ,be hospitable to one another  
without grumbling4  #jjd3jaj ,as each   
has received a gift1 employ it in       
serving one another1          as good   
managers of the grace of ,god in its    
various forms4  #jjd3jaa ,if anyone     
speaks1 let it be as it were the very   
words of ,god4          ,if anyone      
serves1 let it be as of the strength    
which ,god supplies1          that in   
all things ,god may be glorified through
 ,jesus ,christ1          to whom belong
 the glory and the dominion forever and 
ever4  ,amen4  #jjd3jab ,beloved1 don't 
be astonished at the fiery trial which  
has          come upon you1 to test you1
 as though a strange thing              
happened to you4  #jjd3jac ,but because 
you are partakers of ,christ's          
sufferings1 rejoice2          that at   
the revelation of his glory you also may
 rejoice          with exceeding joy4   
#jjd3jad ,if you are insulted for the   
name of ,christ1 you are blessed2       
because the ,spirit of glory and of ,god

 rests on you4          ,on their part  
he is blasphemed1 but on your part he is
 glorified4  #jjd3jae ,for let none of  
you suffer as a murderer1 or a thief1   
or an evil doer1 or a meddler in other  
men's matters4  #jjd3jaf ,but if one of 
you suffers for being a ,christian1 let 
him not          be ashamed2 but let him
 glorify ,god in this matter4  #jjd3jag 
,for the time has come for judgment to  
begin with the household          of    
,god4  ,if it begins first with us1 what
 will happen          to those who don't
 obey the ,good ,news of ,god8  #jjd3jah
 ,if it is hard for the righteous to be 
saved1 what will happen          to the 
ungodly and the sinner8,proverbs #aa3ca 
#jjd3jai ,therefore let them also who   
suffer according to the will          of
 ,god in doing good entrust their souls 
to him1 as to          a faithful       
,creator4  #jje3jja ,i exhort the elders
 among you1 as a fellow elder1 and a    
witness          of the sufferings of   
,christ1 and who will also share in the 

glory          that will be revealed4   
#jje3jjb ,shepherd the flock of ,god    
which is among you1 exercising          
the oversight1 not under compulsion1 but
 voluntarily1          not for dishonest
 gain1 but willingly2  #jje3jjc neither 
as lording it over the charge allotted  
to you1          but making yourselves  
examples to the flock4  #jje3jjd ,when  
the chief ,shepherd is revealed1 you    
will receive the crown          of glory
 that doesn't fade away4  #jje3jje      
,likewise1 you younger ones1 be subject 
to the elder4          ,yes1 all of you 
gird yourselves with humility1 to       
subject          yourselves to one      
another2 for ,god resists the proud1    
but gives grace to the humble4,proverbs 
#c3cd  #jje3jjf ,humble yourselves      
therefore under the mighty hand of ,god1
          that he may exalt you in due  
time2  #jje3jjg casting all your worries
 on him1 because he cares for you4      
#jje3jjh ,be sober and self-controlled4 
,be watchful4  ,your adversary          

the devil1 walks around like a roaring  
lion1 seeking whom          he may      
devour4  #jje3jji ,withstand him        
steadfast in your faith1 knowing that   
your brothers          who are in the   
world are undergoing the same           
sufferings4  #jje3jaj ,but may the ,god 
of all grace1 who called you to his     
eternal          glory by ,christ       
,jesus1 after you have suffered a little
 while1          perfect1 establish1    
strengthen1 and settle you4  #jje3jaa   
,to him be the glory and the power      
forever and ever4  ,amen4  #jje3jab     
,through ,silvanus1 our faithful        
brother1 as ,i consider him1          ,i
 have written to you briefly1 exhorting1
 and testifying          that this is   
the true grace of ,god in which you     
stand4  #jje3jac ,she who is in         
,babylon1 chosen together with you1     
greets you2          and so does ,mark1 
my son4  #jje3jad ,greet one another    
with a kiss of love4  ,peace be to you  
all          who are in ,christ ,jesus4 

,amen4