1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect,

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James 1:1, Acts 2:5, Acts 2:11, James 1:1, Acts 2:5

2According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

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2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:4

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

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1 Peter 1:23, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:4, Romans 15:13

4Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you,

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Revelation 21:27, Revelation 21:27, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 9:15, 1 Peter 5:4

5Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Philippians 1:6, Philippians 1:6, Ephesians 2:8, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 8:31

6Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

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James 1:2, James 1:2, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Romans 12:12

7That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

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Job 23:10, Job 23:10, James 1:12, James 1:12, Isaiah 48:10

8Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

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John 20:29, John 20:29, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 15:13

9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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Romans 6:22, Romans 6:22, James 1:21, James 1:21, Hebrews 11:13

10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.

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Matthew 13:17, Matthew 13:17, Luke 10:24, Luke 10:24, Luke 24:25

11Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them did signify, when it foretold those sufferings that are in Christ and the glories that should follow.

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2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 1:21, Isaiah 52:13, Isaiah 52:14, Romans 8:9

12To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.

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John 15:26, John 15:26, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Ephesians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 2:10

13Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:8, Luke 12:35, Luke 12:35, 1 Peter 4:7

14As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance,

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Romans 12:2, Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Peter 4:3, Titus 3:3

15But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:

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Matthew 5:48, Matthew 5:48, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 12:14

16Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.

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Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 20:7

17And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

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Acts 10:34, Acts 10:35, Acts 10:34, Acts 10:35, 2 Chronicles 19:7

18Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

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1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 7:23, 1 Corinthians 7:23, Psalms 49:7

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled

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1 John 1:7, 1 John 1:7, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 2:22

20Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

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Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:4, 2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 1:9

21Who through him are faithful in God who raised him up from the dead and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

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Acts 2:24, Acts 2:24, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 2:9, John 12:44

22Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

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1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Timothy 1:5, Hebrews 13:1, Hebrews 13:1, Romans 12:9

23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

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1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:12, John 3:3

24For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

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Isaiah 40:6, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 40:6, Isaiah 40:8, Psalms 103:15

25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.

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Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 5:18, Psalms 119:89, 1 Corinthians 15:1