Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conversation;

foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.

Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;

But ye are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in the flesh has done with sin,

each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God.

Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;

But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: