1 Peter 1:1-9 ▼

1 Peter, an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to them that dwell here and there as straungers, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia:

2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father, vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite, through obedience & sprinklyng of ye blood of Iesus Christ: Grace & peace be multiplied vnto you.

3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death,

4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you,

5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:

7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:

9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth, euen the saluation of your soules.