To God’s chosen people who are temporary residents ⸤in the world⸥ and are scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. ²God the Father knew you long ago and chose you to live holy lives with the Spirit’s help so that you are obedient to Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood.

May good will^aand peace fill your lives!

Faith in Christ Brings You Joy

³Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! God has given us a new birth because of his great mercy. We have been born into a new life that has a confidence which is alive because Jesus Christ has come back to life. ⁴We have been born into a new life which has an inheritance that can’t be destroyed or corrupted and can’t fade away. That inheritance is kept in heaven for you, ⁵since you are guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

⁶You are extremely happy about these things, even though you have to suffer different kinds of trouble for a little while now. ⁷The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.

⁸Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words ⁹as you obtain the salvation that is the goal of your faith.

¹⁰The prophets carefully researched and investigated this salvation. Long ago they spoke about God’s kindness^bthat would come to you.

Read in Logos

1 Peter 1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead …

Footnotes

a 1:2 Or “grace.”
b 1:10 Or “grace.”