A Greeting from Peter (2 Peter 1:1–2)
1 CPDV Peter, Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the newly-arrived elect of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, BSB BSB: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
2 CPDV in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you. BSB BSB: according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
A Living Hope 3 CPDV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: BSB BSB: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 CPDV unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven. BSB BSB: and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
5 CPDV By the power of God, you are guarded through faith for a salvation which is ready to be revealed in the end time. BSB BSB: who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 CPDV In this, you should exult, if now, for a brief time, it is necessary to be made sorrowful by various trials, BSB BSB: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
7 CPDV so that the testing of your faith, which is much more precious than gold tested by fire, may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
8 CPDV For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy, BSB BSB: Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
9 CPDV returning with the goal of your faith, the salvation of souls. BSB BSB: now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 CPDV About this salvation, the prophets inquired and diligently searched, those who prophesied about the future grace in you, BSB BSB: Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
11 CPDV inquiring as to what type of condition was signified to them by the Spirit of Christ, when foretelling those sufferings that are in Christ, as well as the subsequent glories. BSB BSB: trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
12 CPDV To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze. BSB BSB: It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
A Call to Holiness (Hebrews 12:14–17)
13 CPDV For this reason, gird the waist of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly in the grace that is offered to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 CPDV Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance, BSB BSB: As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 CPDV but in accord with him who has called you: the Holy One. And in every behavior, you yourself must be holy, BSB BSB: But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 CPDV for it is written: “You shall be holy, for I am Holy.” BSB BSB: for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 CPDV And if you invoke as Father him who, without showing favoritism to persons, judges according to each one’s work, then act in fear during the time of your sojourning here. BSB BSB: Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
18 CPDV For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers, BSB BSB: For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
19 CPDV but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb, BSB BSB: but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
21 CPDV Through him, you have been faithful to God, who raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God. BSB BSB: Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
The Enduring Word (Isaiah 40:6–8)
22 CPDV So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively. BSB BSB: Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
23 CPDV For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity. BSB BSB: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
25 CPDV But the Word of the Lord endures for eternity. And this is the Word that has been evangelized to you. BSB BSB: but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
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