1 Peter 1 (NET)

1 Peter 1:1¹From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosenCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:1Acts 2:5-11Eph 2:19Heb 11:131 Pet 2:11Acts 8:4John 11:52Matt 24:22Ps 44:11Acts 16:6-7

1 Peter 1:2²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:13Eph 1:4-5Heb 12:241 Pet 1:22Rom 11:2Acts 2:23John 15:16-192 Pet 1:2Rom 8:29-30Rom 16:26

1 Peter 1:3³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:231 John 5:4Rom 15:13Titus 3:4-6Eph 1:72 Cor 1:31 John 3:3Rom 12:121 John 2:29Eph 1:3

1 Peter 1:4⁴that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:27Heb 9:151 Pet 5:42 Tim 4:8Col 1:5Matt 25:34Eph 1:11Eph 1:18Ezek 47:12Isa 40:7-8

1 Peter 1:5⁵who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 1:6Eph 2:82 Thess 2:13-14Rom 8:31-39Job 19:25John 10:28-301 Pet 1:13Heb 9:28Gal 2:20John 17:11-12

1 Peter 1:6⁶This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:21 Pet 5:10Rom 12:12Rom 5:2Matt 5:12John 16:33Isa 61:3John 16:221 Pet 4:12-13Ps 34:19

1 Peter 1:7⁷Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold—gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away —and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 23:10Jas 1:12Isa 48:101 Pet 4:12Jas 1:3-4Zech 13:9Prov 17:3Rom 2:7Rom 5:3-4Mal 3:3

1 Peter 1:8⁸You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 20:292 Cor 5:7Rom 15:13Heb 11:1John 16:222 Cor 4:181 Pet 1:6Heb 11:271 Pet 5:4Eph 6:24

1 Peter 1:9⁹because you are attaining the goal of your faith—the salvation of your souls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 6:22Jas 1:21Heb 11:13

1 Peter 1:10¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:17Luke 10:24Dan 2:44Luke 24:25-27Acts 10:43Acts 7:52John 5:39Zech 6:12Acts 3:22-24Heb 11:13

1 Peter 1:11¹¹They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:21Isa 52:13-14Luke 24:25-27Rom 8:9Acts 26:22-23Isa 53:1-12Zech 14:9Gen 3:15Gen 49:101 Pet 3:18-19

1 Peter 1:12¹²They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things angels long to catch a glimpse of.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:261 Cor 2:10Eph 3:101 Pet 1:25Heb 11:39-40Heb 4:2Mark 16:152 Cor 1:222 Cor 6:6Rev 5:11

1 Peter 1:13¹³Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8Luke 12:351 Pet 4:7Heb 9:281 Pet 3:151 John 3:3Titus 2:11-131 Thess 5:6-8Luke 21:34-35Eph 6:14

1 Peter 1:14¹⁴Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:2Titus 3:3-51 Pet 4:2-3Eph 2:21 Thess 4:5Col 3:5-7Eph 4:18-22Acts 17:30Rom 6:4Eph 5:6

1 Peter 1:15¹⁵but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:482 Cor 7:1Heb 12:14Jas 3:13Eph 5:1-21 John 3:31 Thess 4:3-7Phil 2:15-161 Pet 2:121 Pet 2:9

1 Peter 1:16¹⁶for it is written, “You shall be holy, because I am holy.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 11:44Lev 19:2Lev 20:7

1 Peter 1:17¹⁷And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:34-352 Chr 19:72 Cor 7:1Phil 2:12Matt 6:9Heb 12:28Jer 3:19Eph 1:17Gal 2:6Job 34:19

1 Peter 1:18¹⁸You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed—not by perishable things like silver or gold,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:20Titus 2:141 Cor 7:23Ps 49:7-8Gal 1:4Eph 4:17Rom 1:211 Pet 1:71 Pet 4:3Acts 19:34-35

1 Peter 1:19¹⁹but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 1:71 Pet 2:22-24John 1:29Heb 9:12-14Rev 5:9Exod 12:5John 1:36Col 1:14Eph 1:7Rev 1:5

1 Peter 1:20²⁰He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 1:42 Tim 1:9-10Heb 9:26Rev 13:8Heb 1:2Titus 1:2-3Col 1:26Eph 3:9Mic 5:2Eph 1:10

1 Peter 1:21²¹Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:24Heb 2:9John 12:44Acts 2:32-33Heb 7:251 Pet 1:111 Pet 3:22Eph 1:151 Tim 1:1Acts 3:13

1 Peter 1:22²²You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:5Heb 13:1Rom 12:9-101 Pet 3:81 John 4:12John 13:34-351 John 4:7Jas 4:82 Thess 1:31 John 3:23

1 Peter 1:23²³You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:3Heb 4:12John 1:13John 3:3John 6:631 Cor 15:53-541 John 5:18Jas 1:181 John 3:9John 3:5

1 Peter 1:24²⁴For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:6-8Ps 103:15Jas 4:14Jas 1:10-11Ps 37:22 Kgs 19:261 John 2:17Ps 129:6Ps 92:7Ps 102:4

1 Peter 1:25²⁵but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:81 Cor 15:1-4Matt 5:18Ps 119:891 John 1:12 Pet 1:19Luke 16:17Ps 102:121 Pet 1:23John 1:1