Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In accordance with His great mercy He has begotten us anew to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

but in accordance with the Holy Being who has called you, you must prove to be holy too,

But the word of the Lord lives on forever"; that is, the message of the good news which has been brought to you.

So to you who put your trust in Him the honor belongs, but to those who fail to trust Him: "That stone which then the builders threw away Has now become the cornerstone,"

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once His mercy had not been shown you, but now it has.

who has gone to heaven and is now at God's right hand, with angels, heavenly authorities and powers made subject to Him.

So then, since Christ has suffered in our physical form, you too must arm yourselves with the same determination. For whoever suffers in his physical form has done with sin,

Because the time has come for judgment to begin at the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will the end be of those who are rejecting God's good news?

And God, the giver of every spiritual blessing, who through your union with Christ has called you to His eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong,