Modern Literal Version
[1 Peter 1]
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are travelers of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithyna, 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace to you* and may peace be multiplied.
1:3 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is gracious*, who according to his great mercy has born us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 to an incorruptible inheritance, undefiled and unfading, guarded in the heavens *for you*. 1:5 You* who by the power of God are being kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1:6 In which you* are glad, though now for a little while, if it is essential, having been sorrowful in various tests, 1:7 that* the trial of your* faith, (being more precious than gold, which is perishing), even now being proved through fire, may be found *for praise and honor and to glory in the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1:8 Whom, though having not seen him, you* love*; in whom, though now you* do not see him, yet believing, you* are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified; 1:9 getting to the end of your* faith, that is the salvation of your* souls. 1:10 Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace that should come to you*, sought out and searched out; 1:11 searching what time or what sort of time the Spirit of Christ in them indicated, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories following after these things. 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that they were not serving themselves, but to you* the same things, which now have been reported to you* through those who proclaimed the good-news to you* in the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things messengers desire to peer into.
1:13 Hence girding up the loins of your* mind, be sober and hope perfectly upon the grace being brought to you* in the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1:14 like children of obedience not fashioning yourselves to your* former lusts in the time of your* ignorance; 1:15 but just-as he who called you* is holy, you* yourselves also become holy in all your* conduct; 1:16 because it has been written, ‘Become holy, because I am holy.’ {Lev. 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:7,26} 1:17 And if you* call on the Father, who judges without showing partiality according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your* foreign residency here; 1:18 knowing that you* were not redeemed with corruptible things– with silver or with gold, nor from your* futile conduct handed down from your* forefathers. 1:19 But as of a lamb unblemished and unstained, you were redeemed with precious blood of Christ: 1:20 who indeed, having been known beforehand, before the conception of the world, but was manifested upon the last times because of you*, 1:21 who, through him, believe in God who lifted him up from the dead and gave him glory; so-that your* faith and hope might be in God. 1:22 Seeing you* have purified your* souls in your* obedience to the truth through the Spirit toward brotherly-love without hypocrisy, intensely love* one another from a clean heart; 1:23 having been born again, not out of corruptible seed, but from the incorruptible, through the word of God, which is living and remaining forever. 1:24 Because, ‘All flesh is like grass and all the glory of man is like the flower of grass. The grass dried up and the flower of it fell away. 1:25 But the word of the Lord is abiding forever.’ {Is. 40:6-9} And this is the word of the good-news which was proclaimed to you*.
[1 Peter 2]
2:1 Therefore having placed away from yourselves all malice and all treachery and hypocrisies and envies and all slanders, 2:2 as newborn babies, long for the logical milk which is without treachery, that* you* may grow in it; 2:3 if indeed, you* have tasted that the Lord is kind; 2:4 coming to him, a living stone, indeed rejected* by men, but with God chosen and precious. 2:5 You*, like living stones, are also built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2:6 Because it is contained in Scripture, ‘Behold, I place in Zion a cornerstone, chosen and precious and he who believes in him may never* be ashamed.’ {Is. 28:16} 2:7 Therefore to you* who believe is the honor; but to the disobedient, ‘The stone which the builders rejected*, this became the head of the corner;’ {Ps. 118:22} 2:8 and, ‘A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense;’ {Is. 8:14} to those who are stumbling in the word, being disobedient; also they were appointed* *for that. 2:9 But you* are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people *for God's ownership, *that you* may proclaim the virtues of him who called you* out of darkness into his marvelous light; 2:10 who previously were no people, but now are the people of God; who had not been shown-mercy, but now have been shown-mercy.
2:11 Beloved, I am encouraging you* to be like foreigners and travelers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which are warring against the soul; 2:12 having your* good conduct seen among the Gentiles; that*, in what they are speaking against you*, like evildoers, they may (having been eyewitnesses from your* good works) glorify God in the day of visitation.
2:13 Therefore be subject to every human creation because of the Lord: whether to the king, as he is superior to you*; 2:14 or to governors, as they are sent through him *for vengeance on evildoers and praise to those who do good. 2:15 Because so is the will of God, that by doing good you* might hush the ignorance of foolish men; 2:16 as free and yet not having your* freedom as a covering of malice, but as bondservants of God. 2:17 Honor all men. Love* the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
2:18 Domestic servants, be subject to your* masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked. 2:19 For* this is acceptable, if anyone undergoes sorrows because of his conscience toward God, suffering wrongfully. 2:20 For* what credit is it, if, when you* are sinning and are battered for it, you* will endure it? But if, when you* are doing good and are suffering for it, you* will endure it; this is acceptable with God. 2:21 For* to this you* were called, because Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving you* a model, that* you* should follow in his footprints. 2:22 He who did no sin, nor was treachery found in his mouth; 2:23 who, when he was reviled, did not revile again in return; when suffering, did not threaten; but gave himself to him who judges righteously. 2:24 He, himself, carried our sins in his body upon the tree, that* we might live to righteousness, having died to sins; by whose wounds you* were healed. 2:25 For* you* were misled like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your* souls.
[1 Peter 3]
3:1 Likewise, wives be subject to your* own husbands; that*, even if any disobey the word, they might be gained without the word through the conduct of their wives; 3:2 having been eyewitnesses of your* pure conduct coupled with fear; 3:3 whose adornment, do not let it be the outward adornment of braiding the hair and of placing on of gold or of clothing of expensive garments; 3:4 but let it be the hidden human things of the heart, in the incorruptible clothing of a meek and quiet spirit, which is greatly-valued in the sight of God. 3:5 For* so, the holy women, those also hoping in God, previously adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands; 3:6 as Sarah obeyed* Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you* became, doing good and not fearing any terror.
3:7 You* husbands, likewise, dwell with your* wives according to the knowledge, bestowing honor to the wife, as the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life; *that* your* prayers may not be hindered.
3:8 Now to the end, be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, affectionate, friendly; 3:9 not giving evil in exchange-for evil or reviling in exchange-for reviling; but instead speaking well of others; knowing that you* were called *for this, that* you* should inherit a blessing. 3:10 For* he who wills to love* life and see good days, let his tongue cease from speaking evil and also his lips not to speak treachery. 3:11 Let him shun evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it, 3:12 because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. And his ears toward their supplication. But the face of the Lord is against those who are practicing evil.
3:13 And who is he who will mistreat you*, if you* become imitators of what is good? 3:14 But even if you* should suffer because of righteousness, you* are fortunate. And you* should not fear because of their fear, nor should you* be disturbed; 3:15 but sanctify the Lord God in your* hearts, and be prepared habitually to make a defense to everyone who is asking you* for a reason concerning the hope which is in you*, with meekness and fear; 3:16 having a good conscience; that*, in what they are speaking against you* as evildoers, they may be ashamed who are railing at your* good conduct in Christ. 3:17 For* it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil, (if the will of God should will it). 3:18 Because Christ also suffered on behalf of sins once, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that* he might bring you* to God; having been put to death in the flesh, but gave-life in the Spirit; 3:19 in which, he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, 3:20 who previously were disobedient, when the patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water; 3:21 which also our counterpart– immersion* saves us now, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ; 3:22 who is by the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; with messengers and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
[1 Peter 4]
4:1 Therefore Christ having suffered on our behalf who are in the flesh, you* also arm yourselves with the same mind, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; 4:2 *that* you should no longer have your life, (the rest of your* time in the flesh), in the lusts of men, but in the will of God. 4:3 For* the time which has passed away from our life is enough for us to have worked the will of the Gentiles and to have conducted-ourselves in unbridled-lusts, lusts, drunkenness, revelings, drinking-bouts and illegal idolatries; 4:4 in which they are surprised by you*, that you are not running with them into the same outpouring of riotousness, blaspheming you*; 4:5 who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 4:6 For* to this end the good-news was proclaimed even to the dead, that* they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but may live according to God in the Spirit.
4:7 But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore, be sensible and be sober to prayers. 4:8 But before all things, having the intense love* *for yourselves, because love* will cover a multitude of sins. 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without murmurings; 4:10 just-as each has received a gift*, serving it among yourselves, as good stewards of the various graces of God. 4:11 If anyone is speaking, speak as the oracles of God; if anyone is serving, serve as from the strength which God is supplying; that* God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ: to whom is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal among you* which has happened to you* *for a test, as though a strange thing is befalling to you*. 4:13 But just-as you* are sharing in the sufferings of Christ with us, rejoice, that* in the revelation of his glory, you* may also rejoice, being glad. 4:14 If you* are reproached in the name of Christ, you* are fortunate, because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you*. He is blasphemed according to their part, but he is glorified according to your part. 4:15 For* do not let any of you* suffer like a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or like a meddler in the affairs of others. 4:16 But if a man suffers as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this respect. 4:17 Because the time has come for judgment to begin from the house of God and if it begins first from us, what will be the end of those who are disobeying the good-news of God? 4:18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? 4:19 So-then let them who also suffer according to the will of God as to a faithful Creator be intrusting their souls in doing good.
[1 Peter 5]
5:1 I am encouraging the elders who are among you*, as I, who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partner of the glory which is about to be revealed, 5:2 to shepherd the flock of God which is among you*, exercising the oversight, not by compulsion, but willfully, and not covetously, but eagerly; 5:3 and not like one lording it over his lot, but you* yourselves become examples to the flock. 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, you* will get the unfading crown of glory. 5:5 Likewise, you* the younger, be subject to the elder. And all of you* be subject to one another, clothe yourself with humility, because ‘God resists the haughty, but is giving grace to the humble.’ {Prov. 3:34} 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the powerful hand of God, that* he may exalt you* in time; 5:7 tossing all your* anxiety upon him, because with him there is care concerning you*. 5:8 Be sober! Be watchful! Your* opponent, the Slanderer, like a roaring lion, is walking around seeking whom he may swallow, 5:9 to whom you* withstand, solid in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your* brotherhood which is in the world. 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you* to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you* have suffered a little while, he himself may perfect you* and will establish, will strengthen and will make a foundation of you*. 5:11 To him is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
5:12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I count him, I have written to you* through a very few words, encouraging and testifying that this is the true grace of God into which you* have stood fast. 5:13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you*, greets you*, and so does Mark my son. 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love*.
Peace be to you* all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1999, 2014 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.
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