according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto 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, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

who through him are faithful toward God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are toward God.

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, who lives and abides.

if you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Unto whom going forth, to a living stone, indeed rejected by men, but elect with God, precious,

and you, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, into a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable unto God through Jesus Christ.

who at one time were no people, but now you are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, lint just now having received mercy.

having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.

or to governors, as those having been sent out by him unto the condemnation of evil doers, and the praise of those doing good;

because thus it is the will of God, that doing good you should put to shame the ignorance of the ignorant people:

as free, and not as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.

Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

For this is grace, if, through the conscience of God, one bears sorrows and suffering unjustly.

For what glory is there, if, committing sin and being buffeted, you endure it? But if, doing good and suffering you endure it, this is grace with God.

but let their beauty be the hidden man of the heart, in the purity of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is perfection complete.

For in this way in olden times the holy wives, the ones having hope toward God, were indeed accustomed to beautify themselves, submissive to their own husbands:

as Sarah submitted to Abraham, calling him Lord: whose children you have become, doing good, and not fearing any calamity.

For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:

let him depart from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it:

Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?

having a good conscience, in order that, in whatsoever you are calumniated, those traducing your good deportment in Christ may be ashamed.

For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil.

Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:

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

Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.

that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.

For, unto this the gospel was also preached to the dead, in order that they may indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God:

if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.

but if as a Christian, be not ashamed, but glorify God in this name.

Because it is time that judgment should begin from the house of God: and if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

So let those indeed suffering according to the will of God submit their souls to the faithful Creator, in good work.

shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.

Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:

But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you.

Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and witnessing that this same grace of God is true in which you may stand.