1 Peter 5:1 — 2 Peter 1:4

1 ¹Therefore the ^2aelders among you I exhort, who am a ³fellow elder and ^4bwitness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a ⁵partaker of the ^cglory to be revealed:

2 ^1aShepherd the ^2bflock of God among you, ^3coverseeing not under compulsion but ^dwillingly, ⁴according to God; not by ^eseeking gain through base means but eagerly;

3 Nor as ^1alording it over your ²allotments but by ³becoming ^bpatterns of the ⁴flock.

4 And when the Chief ^aShepherd is manifested, you will receive the ^1bunfading ^ccrown of glory.

5 In like manner, ^ayounger men, be ^bsubject to ¹elders; and all of you ²gird yourselves with ^3chumility toward one another, because God ^4dresists the ^5eproud but ^fgives ^6ggrace to the ^7hhumble.

6 Therefore ^abe ^1bhumbled under the mighty ^chand of God that He may ^2dexalt you in due time,

7 ^1aCasting ²all your ^3banxiety on Him because ⁴it matters to Him concerning you.

8 Be ^1asober; ^2bwatch. Your ^3cadversary, the ^4ddevil, as a ⁵roaring ^elion, ^6fwalks about, ⁷seeking someone to devour.

9 Him ^1awithstand, being ^bfirm in your ²faith, knowing that the same ^3csufferings are being accomplished among your ⁴brotherhood in the world.

10 ^1aBut the God of ²all grace, He who has ^bcalled you ³into His ^ceternal glory ^4din Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a ^elittle while, will ⁵Himself ^6fperfect, ^7gestablish, ^8hstrengthen, and ⁹ⁱground you.

11 ^aTo Him be ¹the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

12 Through ^aSilvanus, the faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, ^bexhorting and ^1ctestifying fully that this is the ²true grace of God; enter into this grace and ^dstand in it.

13 The ¹co- ^achosen in ²Babylon and ³Mark my son greet you.

14 Greet one another with a ^akiss of love. ^1bPeace to you all who are ^2cin Christ.

CHAPTER 1

1 ^1aSimon Peter, a ^2bslave and ^capostle of Jesus Christ, to ³those who have been ⁴allotted ^5dfaith ⁶equally precious as ⁷ours ⁸in the ⁹righteousness of our ¹⁰God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

2 ¹Grace to you and peace be ^2amultiplied ³in the full ^4bknowledge of God and of ⁵Jesus our Lord;

3 Seeing that His ^1adivine power has ²granted to us ³all things which relate to ^4blife and ^5cgodliness, ⁶through the ⁷full knowledge of ⁸Him who has ^dcalled us ⁹by His own ^10eglory and ^11fvirtue,

4 ¹Through ²which He has granted to us precious and ³exceedingly great ^apromises that through ⁴these you might become ^bpartakers of the divine nature, ⁵having ^cescaped the ⁶corruption which is in the ^dworld ⁷by ^elust.

1 Peter 4:1 — 1 Peter 4:19

1 Since Christ therefore has ^asuffered in the flesh, you also ^2barm yourselves with the ³same mind (because he who has ⁴suffered in the flesh has ceased from ^csin),

2 ^1aNo longer to ^blive the rest of the time in the flesh in the ^clusts of men, but in the ^dwill of God.

3 For the time which has passed is ^asufficient for you to have carried out the ¹desire of the ^bGentiles, having gone on ²in licentiousness, lusts, debaucheries, carousings, drinking bouts, and lawless idolatries.

4 In this they think it ¹strange that you are not ²running together with them into the same ³flood of ^adissoluteness, ⁴slandering you;

5 ¹Who will ^2arender an account to ^bHim who is ready to ³judge the living and the dead.

6 For unto this end the gospel was announced also to ¹those who are now dead, that they might be ^2ajudged in the flesh according to men but live in the ³spirit according to God.

7 But the ¹end of all things has drawn ^anear. Therefore ²be sober-minded and ³be ^bsober unto ^cprayers.

8 Above all, have ^afervent love among yourselves, because ^blove ^ccovers a multitude of sins.

9 Be ^ahospitable to one another without ^bmurmuring,

10 ^aEach one, as he has received a gift, ¹ministering it among yourselves as good ^bstewards of the ²varied ^cgrace of God.

11 If anyone speaks, as speaking ^1aoracles of God; if anyone ministers, as ministering out of the strength which God ^2bsupplies; that in all things God may be ^cglorified ³through Jesus Christ, ^dto whom is the ⁴glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

12 Beloved, do not think that the ^1afiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a ^2btrial, is ³strange, as if it were a ³strange thing happening to you;

13 But inasmuch as you share in the ^asufferings of Christ, ^brejoice, so that also at the ^crevelation of His glory you may rejoice ^dexultingly.

14 If you are ^areproached in the ¹name of ^bChrist, you are ^cblessed, because ²the Spirit of glory and of God ³rests upon you.

15 For let none of you ^asuffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a ^1bmeddler into others’ affairs;

16 But if as a ^1aChristian, let him not be ^bashamed, but let him ^2cglorify God in this name.

17 For it is time for the ^1ajudgment to ^bbegin from the ²house of God; and if ^cfirst from us, ³what will be the end of those who ^4ddisobey the gospel of God?

18 And if the ¹righteous man is ²saved only with difficulty, where will the ^aungodly and the sinner ³appear?

19 So then let those ¹also who ^asuffer according to the ^2bwill of God ^3ccommit their ⁴souls in ^5dwell-doing to a faithful ^6eCreator.

1 Peter 3:1 — 1 Peter 3:22

1 In ¹like manner, ^awives, be subject to your own husbands, that even if any disobey the ²word, they will be gained without the ²word through the manner of life of their ^bwives,

2 Seeing with their own eyes your ¹pure manner of life ²in ^3afear.

3 Let your ^aadorning not be the outward ¹plaiting of hair and putting on of ^bgold or clothing with garments,

4 But the ¹hidden man of the ^aheart in the incorruptible adornment of a meek and quiet ^bspirit, which is very ^ccostly in the sight of God.

5 For in this manner formerly the holy women also, who ^ahoped in God, adorned themselves, being ^bsubject to their own husbands,

6 As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him ^alord; whose children you have become, if you do good and do not ^bfear any ¹terror.

7 ^aHusbands, in like manner dwell together with them ¹according to knowledge, as with the ²weaker, female ³vessel, ⁴assigning ^bhonor to themas also to ^cfellow heirs of the ⁵grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

8 And finally be all of the ^asame mind, sympathetic, ^bloving the brothers, ^ctenderhearted, ^dhumble-minded;

9 Not rendering ^aevil for evil or ^breviling for reviling, but on the contrary ^1cblessing one another, because you were ^dcalled ²to this, that you might inherit ^eblessing.

10 For ^a“he who desires to love life and see ¹good days, let him cause his ^btongue to cease from evil and his lips to speak no guile.

11 And let him ^aturn away from evil and do good; let him ^bseek peace and pursue it;

12 For the ^aeyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ^bears incline to their petition; but the ^cface of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

13 And who will harm you if you become zealous for what is ^agood?

14 But even if you ^asuffer because of ^brighteousness, you are ^cblessed. And do not be ^dafraid with fear from them, nor be ^etroubled,

15 But ^1asanctify Christ as ^bLord in your hearts, being always ready for a defense to everyone who asks of you an account concerning the ^2chope which is in you,

16 Yet with ^ameekness and ^1bfear, having a good ^2cconscience, so that in the matter in which you are ^dspoken against, those who ^erevile your good ^fmanner of life ^3gin Christ may be put to ^hshame.

17 For it is better, if the ^awill of God should will it, to ^bsuffer for doing good than for doing evil.

18 For Christ also has suffered once for ¹sins, the Righteous ^2aon behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring you ^bto God, on the one hand being put to death in the flesh, but on the other, made alive in the ³Spirit;

19 In ¹which also He went and ²proclaimed to the ³spirits in ⁴prison,

20 ¹Who had formerly disobeyed when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of ^aNoah, while the ark was being prepared; entering into which, a few, that is, eight souls, were ²brought safely through ³by ^bwater.

21 ¹Which water, as the antitype, also now saves you, that is, ²baptism, ³not a putting away of the filth of the flesh but the ⁴appeal of a good ^aconscience unto God, through the ^bresurrection of Jesus Christ,

22 ¹Who is at the ^aright hand of God, having gone into ^bheaven, ^cangels and ^dauthorities and powers being ^esubjected to Him.

1 Peter 2:1 — 1 Peter 2:25

1 ¹Therefore putting away all ^2amalice and all guile and ^bhypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

2 As ¹newborn ^ababes, long for the ²guileless ^bmilk ³of the word in order that by it you may ^4cgrow ⁵unto ^dsalvation,

3 If you have ^1atasted that the Lord is ²good.

4 Coming to Him, a ¹living ^astone, ^brejected by men but with God ^cchosen and ²precious,

5 You yourselves also, as ¹living ^astones, are being ^2bbuilt up as a ³spiritual ^4chouse ⁵into a ⁶holy ⁷priesthood to offer up ⁸spiritual sacrifices ^dacceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For it is contained in Scripture: ^a“Behold, I lay in Zion a ¹cornerstone, ^2bchosen and ³precious; and he who ^cbelieves on Him shall by no means be put to shame.”

7 To you therefore who believe is the ¹preciousness; but to the unbelieving, ^a“The stone which the ²builders ^brejected, this has ³become the head of the corner,”

8 And, ^a“A stone of ^1bstumbling and a rock of ^coffense”; who ^dstumble at ²the word, being disobedient, to ³which also they were ^eappointed.

9 But you are a ^achosen ¹race, a ²royal ^bpriesthood, a ³holy nation, a people acquired for a possession, so that you may ⁴tell out the ^5cvirtues of Him who has ^dcalled you out of ^6edarkness into His marvelous ^6flight;

10 ¹Who once were ^anot a people but now are the people of God; who had not previously been shown mercy but have now been shown mercy.

11 Beloved, I entreat you as ^astrangers and ^bsojourners to ^cabstain from ^1dfleshly lusts, which ^ewar against the ^1fsoul,

12 Having your ^1amanner of life ^2bexcellent among the Gentiles, so that in the matter concerning which they ^cspeak against you as evildoers they may, by your ^dgood works, as they see them with their own eyes, ^eglorify God in the day of His ^3fvisitation.

13 ¹Be ^asubject to every human ²institution ³for the Lord’s sake, whether to a ^bking as being supreme,

14 Or to governors as being sent by him for ^avengeance on evildoers and praise of those who do ^bgood.

15 For so is the ^awill of God, that by doing good you would muzzle the ^bignorance of ¹foolish men;

16 As ^afree, and yet ^bnot having freedom as a covering for evil, but as ^cslaves of God.

17 ^aHonor all men. ^bLove the ¹brotherhood. ^cFear God. Honor the ^dking.

18 Household ^aservants, be subject in all ^1bfear to your masters, not only to the good and forbearing but also to the crooked.

19 For this is ¹grace, if anyone, ²because of a ^aconsciousness of God, bears sorrows by suffering ³unjustly.

20 For what ¹glory is it if, while sinning and being buffeted, you endure? But if, while doing good and ^asuffering, you endure, this is grace with God.

21 For to ¹this you were ^acalled, because Christ also ^bsuffered on your behalf, leaving you a ^2cmodel so that you may follow in His steps;

22 Who committed no ^asin, nor was guile found in His ^bmouth;

23 Who being reviled did ^anot revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten but kept committing ¹all to Him who ^2bjudges righteously;

24 Who Himself ^1abore up our sins in His ^bbody on the ^2ctree, in order that we, ³having ^ddied to sins, might ^4elive ⁵to righteousness; by whose ^6fbruise you were ⁷healed.

25 For you were like ^asheep being led astray, but you have now ¹returned to the ^2bShepherd and ^cOverseer of your ^3dsouls.

1 Peter 1:10 — 1 Peter 1:25

10 Concerning this salvation the ^1aprophets, who prophesied concerning the ²grace that was to come unto you, sought and searched diligently,

11 ¹Searching into ²what time or what manner of time the Spirit ³of Christ in them was making clear, testifying beforehand of the ⁴sufferings ⁵of Christ and the ⁶glories after these.

12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves but to you they ministered ¹these things, which have now been announced to you through those who ²preached the gospel to you by the Holy ^aSpirit sent from heaven, which things angels long to ³look into.

13 ¹Therefore ^agirding up the loins of your mind and being ^2bsober, set your ³hope perfectly on the ^4cgrace being brought to you at the ^drevelation of Jesus Christ.

14 As children of ^aobedience, do not be ¹fashioned according to the former ^blusts in your ^cignorance;

15 But according to the ¹Holy One who ^acalled you, you yourselves also ²be ^bholy in all your ^cmanner of life;

16 Because it is written, “You shall be ^aholy because I am holy.”

17 And if you call as ^1aFather the One who ^bwithout respect of persons ^2cjudges according to each one’s ³work, pass the time of your ^dsojourning in ^4efear,

18 Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, with ^1asilver or gold, that you were ^bredeemed ^cfrom your ^2dvain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

19 But with ¹precious ^ablood, as of a ^bLamb ^cwithout blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ;

20 Who was ^1aforeknown ^bbefore the foundation of the world but has been ^cmanifested in the ^2dlast of times for your sake,

21 Who ¹through Him believe into God, who ^araised Him from the dead and ²gave Him ^bglory, so that your ³faith and ^chope are in God.

22 Since you have ¹purified your ^2asouls by your obedience to the ³truth unto unfeigned ^4bbrotherly love, love one another ⁵from a pure heart fervently,

23 ¹Having been ^aregenerated not of corruptible ^2bseed but of incorruptible, through the ^cliving and abiding word of God.

24 For “all ¹flesh is like ^agrass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass has withered, and the flower has fallen off,

25 But the ¹word of the ²Lord abides forever.” And this is the ^aword which has been announced to you as the ^3bgospel.