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

who through him [are] believing in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,

who [when he] was reviled, did not revile in return; [when] suffering, he did not threaten, but entrusted [himself] to the one who judges justly,

They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.