1 PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the ^astrangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
 2 ^aElect according to the ^bforeknowledge of God the Father, through ^csanctification of the Spirit, unto ^dobedience and ^esprinkling of the ^fblood 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 ^amercy hath ^bbegotten us again unto a ^clively ^dhope by the resurrection of ^eJesus Christ from the dead,
 4 To an ^ainheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
 5 Who are kept by the ^apower of God through ^bfaith unto salvation ^cready to be revealed in the last time.
 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a ^aseason , if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold ^btemptations :
 7 That the ^atrial 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 ^bappearing of Jesus Christ:
 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet ^abelieving , ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
 9 Receiving the ^aend of your ^bfaith , even the ^csalvation of your souls.
 10 Of which ^asalvation the ^bprophets 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 ^atestified beforehand the ^bsufferings of Christ, and the ^cglory 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 ^apreached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the ^bangels desire to look into.
 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be ^asober , and hope ^bto the end for the ^cgrace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former ^alusts in your ^bignorance :
 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye ^aholy in all manner of ^bconversation ;
 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am ^aholy .
 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s ^awork , pass the time of your sojourning here in ^bfear :
 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not ^aredeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your ^bvain conversation received by ^ctradition from your fathers;
 19 But with the precious ^ablood of Christ, as of a ^blamb without ^cblemish and without spot:
 20 ^aWho verily was ^bforeordained 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 ^aglory ; that your ^bfaith and ^chope might be in God.
 22 Seeing ye have ^apurified your ^bsouls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned ^clove of the brethren, see that ye ^dlove one another with a pure heart fervently:
 23 Being ^aborn again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and ^babideth for ever.
 24 For all ^aflesh 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 ^aword of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

 1 WHEREFORE laying aside all ^amalice , and all ^bguile , and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil ^cspeakings ,
 2 As ^anewborn babes, desire the ^bsincere ^cmilk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
 3 If so be ye have ^atasted that the Lord is gracious.
 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but ^achosen of God, and precious,
 5 Ye also, as ^alively stones, are built up a ^bspiritual ^chouse , an holy priesthood, to offer up ^dspiritual ^esacrifices , acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief ^acorner ^bstone , elect, precious: and he that ^cbelieveth on him shall not be ^dconfounded .
 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be ^adisobedient , the stone which the builders ^bdisallowed , the same is made the head of the corner,
 8 And a ^astone of ^bstumbling , and a ^crock of ^doffence , even to them which ^estumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were ^fappointed .
 9 But ye are a ^achosen generation, a ^broyal ^cpriesthood , an ^dholy ^enation , a ^fpeculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of ^gdarkness into his marvellous ^hlight :
 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as ^astrangers and ^bpilgrims , ^cabstain from fleshly ^dlusts , which ^ewar against the soul;
 12 Having your conversation ^ahonest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good ^bworks , which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
 13 ^aSubmit yourselves to every ^bordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as ^csupreme ;
 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to ^asilence the ^bignorance of foolish men:
 16 As free, and not using your ^aliberty for a cloke of ^bmaliciousness , but as the ^cservants of God.
 17 ^aHonour all men. Love the ^bbrotherhood . ^cFear God. Honour the ^dking .
 18 ^aServants , be subject to your ^bmasters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ^cfroward .
 19 For this is ^athankworthy , if a man for conscience toward God endure ^bgrief , suffering wrongfully.
 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it ^apatiently ? but if, when ye do well, and ^bsuffer for it, ye take it ^cpatiently , this is ^dacceptable with God.
 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also ^asuffered for us, leaving us an ^bexample , that ye should follow his steps:
 22 Who did no ^asin , neither was ^bguile found in his mouth:
 23 Who, when he was ^areviled , reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but ^bcommitted himself to him that judgeth righteously:
 24 Who his own self ^abare our ^bsins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose ^cstripes ye were healed.
 25 For ye were as ^asheep going astray; but are now returned unto the ^bShepherd and ^cBishop of your souls.

 1 LIKEWISE, ye ^awives , be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any ^bobey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the ^cconversation of the wives;
 2 While they behold your ^achaste ^bconversation coupled with fear.
 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward ^aadorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ^aornament of a ^bmeek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy ^awomen also, who ^btrusted in God, adorned themselves, being ^cin subjection unto their own husbands:
 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose ^adaughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any ^bamazement .
 7 Likewise, ye ^ahusbands , dwell with them according to ^bknowledge , giving ^chonour unto the ^dwife , as unto the weaker vessel, and as being ^eheirs together of the grace of life; that your ^fprayers be not hindered.
 8 Finally, be ye all of ^aone mind, having ^bcompassion one of another, love as ^cbrethren , be ^dpitiful , be ^ecourteous :
 9 Not ^arendering ^bevil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a ^cblessing .
 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him ^arefrain his ^btongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no ^cguile :
 11 Let him ^aeschew evil, and do good; let him seek ^bpeace , and ^censue it.
 12 For the ^aeyes of the Lord are over the ^brighteous , and his ears are open unto their ^cprayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do ^devil .
 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be ^afollowers of that which is good?
 14 But and if ye ^asuffer for ^brighteousness ’ sake, ^chappy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
 15 But ^asanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give ^ban answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the ^chope that is in you with ^dmeekness and ^efear :
 16 Having a good ^aconscience ; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good ^bconversation in Christ.
 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye ^asuffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
 18 For Christ also hath once ^asuffered for sins, the just for the ^bunjust , that he might bring us to God, being put to ^cdeath in the flesh, but quickened by the ^dSpirit :
 19 By which also he went and ^apreached unto the ^bspirits in ^cprison ;
 20 ^aWhich sometime were ^bdisobedient , when once the ^clongsuffering of God waited in the days of ^dNoah , while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were ^esaved by ^fwater .
 21 The like figure whereunto even ^abaptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
 22 Who is gone into ^aheaven , and is on the right hand of God; ^bangels and ^cauthorities and powers being made subject unto him.

 1 FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same ^amind : ^bfor he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from ^csin ;
 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the ^alusts of men, but to the will of God.
 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, ^aexcess of wine, ^brevellings , banquetings, and ^cabominable ^didolatries :
 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to ^ajudge the ^bquick and the dead.
 6 ^aFor for this cause was the ^bgospel ^cpreached also to them that are ^ddead , that they might be ^ejudged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and ^awatch unto prayer.
 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: ^afor ^bcharity shall cover the multitude of sins.
 9 Use ^ahospitality one to another without ^bgrudging .
 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so ^aminister the same one to another, as good ^bstewards of the manifold grace of God.
 11 If any man ^aspeak , let him speak as the ^boracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery ^atrial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
 13 But ^arejoice , inasmuch as ye are ^bpartakers of Christ’s ^csufferings ; that, when his glory shall be ^drevealed , ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
 14 If ye be ^areproached for the name of Christ, ^bhappy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
 16 Yet if any man suffer as a ^aChristian , let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
 17 For the time is come that ^ajudgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that ^bobey not the gospel of God?
 18 And if the ^arighteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ^bungodly and the sinner appear?
 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the ^awill of God commit the ^bkeeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

 1 THE ^aelders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a ^bpartaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
 2 ^aFeed the ^bflock of God which is among you, taking the ^coversight thereof, not by constraint, but ^dwillingly ; not for ^efilthy ^flucre , but of a ready mind;
 3 Neither as being ^alords over God’s heritage, but being ^bensamples to the flock.
 4 And when the chief ^aShepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a ^bcrown of ^cglory that fadeth not away.
 5 Likewise, ye younger, ^asubmit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with ^bhumility : for God ^cresisteth the ^dproud , and giveth grace to the ^ehumble .
 6 ^aHumble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
 8 Be ^asober , be ^bvigilant ; because your adversary the ^cdevil , as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
 9 Whom resist ^astedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are ^baccomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
 10 But the God of all ^agrace , who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you ^bperfect , stablish, strengthen, settle you.
 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
 12 By ^aSilvanus , a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
 13 The church that is at ^aBabylon , elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.