1 Peter 1:1–10

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect,

²According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

⁴Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you,

⁵Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁶Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

⁷That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

⁸Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

⁹Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.