A Greeting from Peter (2 Peter 1:1–2)
1 DRA Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, 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 DRA According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be multiplied. 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 DRA Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by 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 DRA Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that can not fade, reserved in heaven for you, BSB BSB: and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
5 DRA Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last 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 DRA Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations: BSB BSB: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
7 DRA That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing 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 DRA Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now, though you see him not, you believe: and believing shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified; 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 DRA Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. BSB BSB: now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 DRA Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you. BSB BSB: Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
11 DRA Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them did signify: when it foretold those sufferings that are in Christ, and the glories that should follow: 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 DRA To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look. 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 DRA Wherefore having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered 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 DRA As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance: BSB BSB: As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 DRA But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy: BSB BSB: But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 DRA Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy. BSB BSB: for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 DRA And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse 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 DRA Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition 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 DRA But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled, BSB BSB: but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
21 DRA Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might 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 DRA Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly: 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 DRA Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever. BSB BSB: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
25 DRA But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto 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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