Chapter 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an envoy of Jesus the anointed, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of the god and our Savior Jesus the anointed: Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of the god, and of Jesus our lord, According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things be in you, and…
Chapter 1 Peter, an envoy of Jesus the anointed, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of the god the father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the anointed: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the the god and father of our lord Jesus the anointed, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus the anointed from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in the sky for you, Who are kept by the power of the god through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold…