# 1 Peter 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-peter/1

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are chosen, living as foreigners scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2. chosen in keeping with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the Spirit’s work of sanctifying you, for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours in ever greater measure.
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his abundant mercy he has brought us to birth again, into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4. and into an inheritance that will not decay, will not be stained, and will not wither, an inheritance held in heaven for you,
5. who by God’s power are being kept safe through faith for a salvation that stands ready to be revealed at the final time.
6. You are overjoyed at this, even though for a little while now, if it has to be so, you have been saddened by many different trials,
7. so that your faith, proven genuine by testing and worth more than gold, which perishes even though fire tests it, may be found to bring praise, glory, and honor at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
8. You have never seen him, yet you love him. You do not see him now, yet you believe in him, and you rejoice with a joy beyond words and full of glory,
9. because you are receiving the outcome your faith leads to: the salvation of your souls.
10. The prophets who prophesied about the grace intended for you searched and probed diligently into this salvation,
11. seeking to learn what person or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ within them was making clear when he testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the glories to come after them.
12. It was revealed to them that the service they rendered in these matters was not for themselves but for you. These are the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things angels long to stoop down and look into.
13. Therefore, with your minds ready for action and your heads clear, fix your hope completely on the grace that is being brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
14. Like obedient children, do not let your lives be shaped by the desires you had before, in your ignorance.
15. Instead, just as the one who called you is holy, you too must become holy in every aspect of your conduct,
16. for it is written, “You are to be holy, because I am holy.”
17. If you call on as Father the one who judges each person’s work without favoritism, then conduct yourselves with reverence during the time you live as foreigners.
18. You know that you were ransomed from the futile way of life you inherited from your ancestors, and it was not with perishable things like silver or gold,
19. but with precious blood like that of a lamb with no defect or stain: the blood of Christ.
20. He was known in advance, before the world was founded, but has been revealed at the end of the times for your sake.
21. Through him you trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; so your faith and hope rest in God.
22. You have purified your souls through your obedience to the truth, which leads to a genuine love for your brothers and sisters. So love one another intensely, from a pure heart.
23. You have been born anew, not from a seed that decays but from one that cannot decay, through the word of God, which lives and remains.
24. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
25. but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you as good news.

## Nearby chapters

[James 5](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/5.md)
[1 Peter 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-peter/2.md)

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