Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, from the dead

Because of this you can be very joyous, even though it is necessary for you to have suffered many trials for a little while.

You must continue to love Him, although you have never seen Him, but because you do believe in Him, although you do not now see Him, you must continue to rejoice with an unutterable and triumphant joy,

because you will receive the goal of your faith, the ultimate salvation of your souls.

to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.

as He who called you is holy, so you must be holy too in all your conduct ??16 for it is written, You shall be holy because I am holy.

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,

who was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times because of you.

Men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God.

because you have been born anew, not from a germ that perishes but from one that does not perish, by the word of the living and everlasting God.

Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

Because, indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is good;

Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. They stumble over it because they are disobeying God's word, and to this they were also appointed.

Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,

Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men.

For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

[You] husbands, in the same way, should live with your wives in an understanding way, recognizing their feminine nature as being physically weaker than yours, and showing special honor to them because of it. [Realize] that sharing your lives together is a gracious gift [from God]. [If you have the right relationship with them] it will help avoid problems in your prayer lives.

not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called??o inherit a blessing.

Because the eyes of Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears to their supplication, but the face of Lord is against men who do evil things.

But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,

Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer’s new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Therefore of Christ having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves also with the same mentality, because he who has suffered in flesh has ceased from sin,

Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

They insult you now because they are surprised that you are no longer joining them in the same excesses of wild living.

Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.

Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray.

And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye ; because the'spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

But if a person should have to suffer because he is a Christian, he should not be ashamed [of it], but instead, he should bring honor to God by [wearing] the name [of Christ].

Because the time to begin judgment is from the house of God, and if first from us, what is the end of those who disobey the good-news of God?

Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.

You should serve as shepherds of God's flock [i.e., the church], among whom you minister, providing careful oversight [of the people], not because you feel forced to, but because you want to, as this is in accordance with the way God wants it to be. Do not [serve as elders] simply out of a desire for the income you receive, but because your heart is in it.

Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Resist him and be strong in faith, because you know that your brotherhood all over the world is experiencing the same sort of sufferings.

By Silvanus, the faithful brother to you, as I reckon, I wrote because of a few things, exhorting and testifying this to be the TRUE grace of God in which ye stand.