[1-2] From Peter, a follower of Yeshua the Christ, to the Christians, who are scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the chosen ones by the foreknowledge of YAHWEH GOD, through the setting apart and blessing of the Spirit, in the acceptance and cleansing power of the blood of Yeshua the Christ: May God’s grace and peace be given to you. [3-9] Blessed be YAHWEH GOD, the God of Yeshua, the Christ, who for the great mercy of God, has given us a new life to live out our hope through Yeshua, the Christ, who came to life again from the dead, to an honorable and everlasting inheritance that won’t ever disappear, waiting for you in heaven, who are kept safe by the power of God through faith, ready to become known in eternity. You greatly celebrate in this, though now for a little while, if need be, your spirit is depressed by the many temptations you face: so that the test of your faith, being worth much more than gold that will be destroyed, though it be tested with many troubles, might be found with praise, honor, and victory at the appearance of Yeshua the Christ: Whom you love without seeing; and even without seeing, you still believe, you celebrate with a joy beyond words and full of victory: Receiving the end reward of your faith, even the saving of your souls.
[10-12]This saving being what the great preachers have asked and searched carefully for, who preached before of the grace that would come to you: Searching for the meaning of what would happen, or when it would happen, when the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, truthfully told us ahead of time about the sufferings of Christ, and the victory that would follow. To whom it was revealed, so that they didn’t work for themselves, but for us in the things, which are now told to you by those who have preached the New Word to you by the Holy Spirit sent to us from heaven; which things, even the angels wanted to know.
[13-16] So let your mind be ready, use good sense, and hope till the end for the grace that is to be brought to you when Yeshua the Christ is made known; as acceptable children, not acting on what you wanted before you knew Christ: But as The ONE who has called you is holy, be truly good in everything you do; because the Word of God says, Be holy because I am holy.
[17-21] And if you call on the God, who judges each person for their actions without respect to who they are, and act with respect to God in the time of your stay here: knowing that your freedom wasn’t bought from your meaningless lifestyle, which you got from your ancestors’ way of life, with things that will disappear like silver and gold; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb with no flaw or fault: Who was really set apart at the beginning of the world, but was made known in these last times for you, who by the Christ believe in God, who brought back Yeshua from the dead, and gave the Christ victory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
[22] Seeing you’ve cleansed your souls in accepting the truth through the Spirit to the heartfelt love of all Christians, see that you continue to love one another with a true heart: Being born anew, not of human origin, but of everlasting origin, by the Word of God, which lasts forever, because all humanity is like the grass, and all the glories of humanity like the flowers of the grass. The grass wilts, and its flowers die: But the Word of God lasts forever. And this is what is preached to you by the New Word.
[1-5] So stop all hatred, untruthfulness, pretending, jealousy, and all sinful talking, but as newborn babies, crave the true milk of the Word, so that you can grow by it: that is, if you’ve truly tasted that God is gracious. To whom coming, as to a living stone, really being unaccepted by others, but chosen by God, precious, you also, as living stones, are built up to be a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Christ.
[6-10] This is why it’s in the scripture, I lay in Zion the first corner stone, chosen, precious: and whoever believes on this One won’t be ashamed, for those who believe that the Christ is precious: but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders wouldn’t accept, the same One is made the first cornerstone, And a stone to be stumbled over, and a rock to be offended by, to those who stumble at the word and don’t accept it: to which they were also chosen. But you’re a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own special people; that you would tell of the praises of The ONE who has called you out of darkness into God’s amazing light: Which in the past weren’t even a nation of people, but are now the people of God: which hadn’t found mercy, but now have found mercy.
