wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a short time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials,

whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers,

being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Because it is contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, honored; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as servants of God.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and considerate, but also to the perverse.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;

In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the behavior of the wives,

Whose adorning, let it not be the out yard adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel;

Dwell likewise, O husband, with thy wife according to knowledge, as with the weaker vessel, giving her honor as being heir with thee of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, on the contrary, blessing the evildoer; because for this end ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

But if ye even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. And be not afraid at their terrors, nor alarmed;

which in its antitype, baptism, is now saving you,not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the earnest seeking for a good conscience toward God,by the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

at which they are astonished that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial which is taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you;

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

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God; but if it first begin with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;

not as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;

and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye will receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.