chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good-news to you in Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things heavenly

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.

begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.

but the word of Lord endures into the age. And this is the word, the good-news that was preached to you.

Coming to whom, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God chosen, precious,

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

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

As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.

Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.

Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

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

For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.

but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible, of the meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

For this way formerly also, the holy women, trusting in God, adorned themselves, being subordinate to their own husbands,

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became, doing good, and not being afraid of anything fearful.

For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

And who is he who will harm you, if ye become imitators of the good?

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.

Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

For it is better to suffer doing good, if the will of God desires, than for doing evil.

Because Christ also once suffered for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might bring you to God. Having indeed been killed in flesh, but made alive in spirit,

who were disobedient formerly, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah who prepared an ark in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water.

Which counterpart--immersion--now also saves us, not the putting away of filth of flesh, but an appeal of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, agents, and positions of authority, and powers having been subordinated to him.

in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.

For good-news was preached even to the dead for this, so that they might indeed be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.

As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.

But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

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 also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

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.

Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,

And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.

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.