Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, has, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, regenerated us for a living hope

Concerning which salvation the prophets that prophesied of the grace that should be for you, did inquire, and search diligently,

inquiring what things, and what time, the Spirit of Christ that was in them did signify, when it testified, before hand, the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them;

who through him do believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

He did no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth.

When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

These shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.