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1 Peter 1:1 - 1:25- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

November 28
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King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/1pet1-1.htm]
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1Greetings from Peter, an apostle* of Jesus Christ. To God's chosen people who are
away from their homes--people scattered all over the areas of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia. 2God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people.*
Making you holy is the Spirit's* work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made
clean by the blood (death) of Jesus Christ. Grace (kindness) and peace be yours
more and more.

A Living Hope
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy,
and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living
hope through Jesus Christ's rising from death. 4Now we wait to get the blessings
God has for his children. Those blessings are kept for you in heaven. Those blessings
cannot ruin or be destroyed or lose their beauty. 5God's power protects you through
your faith, and it keeps you safe until your salvation comes. That salvation is
ready to be given to you at the end of time. 6This makes you very happy. But now
for a short time different kinds of troubles may make you sad. 7Why do these troubles
happen? To prove that your faith is pure (true). This purity of faith is worth more
than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. The purity
of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ appears
(comes). 8You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You can't see him now,
but you believe in him. You are filled with a joy that cannot be explained. And
that joy is full of glory. 9Your faith has a goal. And you are receiving that goal--your
salvation. 10The prophets* studied carefully and tried to learn about this salvation.
Those prophets spoke about the grace (kindness) that was coming to you. 11The Spirit
of Christ was in those prophets. And the Spirit was telling about the sufferings
that would happen to Christ and about the glory that would come after those sufferings.
Those prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them. They tried
to learn when those things would happen and what the world would be like at that
time. 12It was shown to those prophets that their service was not for themselves.
The prophets were serving you. They were serving you when they told about the things
that you have heard. You heard those things from the men who told you the Good News.*
They told you with the help of the Holy Spirit* that was sent from heaven. The things
you were told are things that even the angels want very much to know about.

A Call to Holy Living
13So prepare your minds for service, and have self-control. All your hope should
be for the gift of grace (kindness) that will be yours when Jesus Christ appears
(comes). 14In the past you did not understand about these things, so you did the
evil things you wanted. But now you are children [of God] who obey. So don't live
like you lived in the past. 15But be holy* in all the things you do, the same as
God is holy. God is the One who called you. 16It is written [in the Scriptures*]:
"Be holy, because I (God) am holy."*
17You pray to God and call him Father. God judges each man's work equally. So while
you are visiting [here on earth], you should live with fear (respect) for God. 18You
know that [in the past] you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of
living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that way of
living. You were bought, but not with things that ruin like gold or silver. 19But
you were bought with the precious blood (death) of Christ--a pure and perfect lamb.
20Christ was chosen before the world was made. But he was shown [to the world] in
these last times for you. 21You believe in God through Christ. God raised Christ
from death. Then God gave glory to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.
22Now you have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true
love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply--with all your heart.
23You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies.
It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God's living
message* that continues forever. 24The Scripture* says, "People [don't live forever;
they] are all like grass, and all their glory is like a wild flower. The grass dies,
and the flower falls. 25But the word of God will live forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8)And
this is the word (teaching) that was told to you.

Footnotes: apostle A person Jesus chose to represent him in special way. holy people
God's people are called holy because they are made pure through Christ, and they
belong only to God. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit
of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does God's work among
people in the world. prophets People that spoke for God. Sometimes prophets told
things that would happen in the future. GoodNews The news that God has made a way
for people to have their sins forgiven and live with Him forever. holy A holy person
is pure and belongs only to God. Scriptures Holy Writings--the Old Testament. "Be
... holy" Quote from Lev. 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7. message The news that God has made
a way through Christ for people to have their sins forgiven and live with Him forever.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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