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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Peter 1 - 5 (ESV)

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1 Peter 1

Greeting

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:2 - according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Born Again to a Living Hope

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:4 - to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:5 - who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:7 - so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:8 - Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:9 - obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:11 - inquiring what person or time[fn] the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

Called to Be Holy

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 - Therefore, preparing your minds for action,[fn] and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:15 - but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:16 - since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:17 - And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:19 - but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:21 - who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:22 - Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:23 - since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:25 - but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
ESV Footnotes
Or what time or circumstances
Greek girding up the loins of your mind

1 Peter 2

A Living Stone and a Holy People

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1 - So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2 - Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:3 - if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
(Psa 118:22; Isa 28:16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:10 - Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:12 - Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

(cf. Rom 13:1–5 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13 - Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution,[fn] whether it be to the emperor[fn] as supreme,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:14 - or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15 - For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants[fn] of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17 - Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
(Isa 53:7–9 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:18 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:19 - For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:20 - For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:21 - For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:22 - He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:23 - When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
ESV Footnotes
Greek the head of the corner
Or every institution ordained for people
Or king; also verse 17
For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Or crooked

1 Peter 3

Wives and Husbands

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 - Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:2 - when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:3 - Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:4 - but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:6 - as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you[fn] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:8 - Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For
“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - let him turn away from evil and do good;
let him seek peace and pursue it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:13 - Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:14 - But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:15 - but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:16 - having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - For Christ also suffered[fn] once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - in which[fn] he went and proclaimed[fn] to the spirits in prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - because[fn] they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:21 - Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:22 - who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts since you are joint heirs
Some manuscripts died
Or the Spirit, in whom
Or preached
Or when

1 Peter 4

Stewards of God’s Grace

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:1 - Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh,[fn] arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:2 - so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:3 - For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4 - With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:5 - but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:6 - For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:7 - The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:9 - Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:11 - whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Suffering as a Christian

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 - Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:13 - But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:14 - If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[fn] and of God rests upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:16 - Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:17 - For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:18 - And
“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:19 - Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts add for us; some for you
Some manuscripts insert and of power
Greek where will the ungodly and sinner appear?

1 Peter 5

Shepherd the Flock of God

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:1 - So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:2 - shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[fn] not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[fn] not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:3 - not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:4 - And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:5 - Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:6 - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:7 - casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:8 - Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:9 - Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:10 - And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:11 - To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:12 - By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:13 - She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:14 - Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
See the ESV Preface
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
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