In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.