1: 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1: 3 Blessed be 1the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1Or, God and the Father See Ro 15:6; 2Co 1:3, 11:31; Ep 1:3, and their footnotes.
1: 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1: 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last season.
1: 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold 2trials,
2Or, temptations,
1: 7 that the 3proving of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
3p72 1852 almost alone read approval
1: 8 whom not 4having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy indescribable and 5full of glory:
4So p72Bℵ 1739 1852 322 copsa vg arm. Aψ 1241 1243 2344 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copbo read seeing
5Gk. glorified:
1: 9 receiving the end of 6your faith, even the salvation of souls.
6B copsa almost alone omit your
1: 10 Concerning which salvation prophets sought and searched diligently, those who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1: 11 searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings 7of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
7Gk. for or, unto
1: 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that 8preached the gospel unto you 9by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
8Gk. brought good tidings Also in vs. 25. Compare Mt 11:5.
9 ℵC 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read in
1: 13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, 10be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that 11is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
10Or, be perfectly sober and set your hope on
11Gk. is being brought unto you
1: 14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
1: 15 but 12like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
12Or, like the Holy One who called you,
1: 16 because it is written, 13Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
13Lv 11:44f.; 19:2; 20:7.
1: 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
1: 18 knowing that ye were ransomed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
1: 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:
1: 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the last of the times for your sake,
1: 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1: 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth14 unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another 15from a pure heart fervently:
14So p72BAℵCψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 33 322 and 25 lesser Gk. mss., copsa,bo arm. 2298 and 464 still lesser Gk. mss., vg add through the spirit
15BA 1852 vg almost alone read from the heart Compare 1Tm 1:5.
1: 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word 16of God, which liveth and abideth.
16Or, of God who liveth Compare Dan 6:26.
1: 24 For, 17All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
17Is 40:6ff.
1: 25 But the 18word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.
18Gk. saying (both times)
