1. Peter 1

Helsing

1 Peter, Jesu Kristi apostel, helsar dei utvalde som lever i framande land, spreidde omkring i Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia og Bitynia, t

2 dei som er utvalde slik Gud Fader føreåt hadde fastsett, og ved Anden vigde til lydnad og til reinsing ved Jesu Kristi blod.
Nåde og fred vere med dykk i rikt mål! t

Ei levande von

5 de som gjennom Guds kraft vert haldne oppe ved trua, så de skal nå den frelsa som alt ligg ferdig til å verta openberra i den siste tid.t
6 Det kan de gleda dykk over, om de no ei lita stund, når så skal vera, må ha det vondt i mange slag prøvingar. t 7 Såleis vert trua dykkar prøvd. For når jamvel forgjengeleg gull må prøvast i eld, då må òg trua som er så mykje meir verd, prøvast, så ho kan verta til pris og herlegdom og ære for dykk når Jesus Kristus openberrar seg. t 8 Og han elskar de, endå de ikkje har sett han; han trur de på, endå de no ikkje ser han. Og de jublar og er fylte av ei glede så herleg at ho ikkje kan tolkast med ord; t

9 for de skal nå målet for trua: frelse for sjelene.t
10 Denne frelsa var det profetane grunda på og granska, då dei spådde om den nåden de skulle få. t 11 Dei freista å finna ut kva tid Kristi Ande, som var i dei, viste fram til, og korleis den tida skulle vera. Anden vitna om korleis Kristus skulle lida og sidan opphøgjast i herlegdom. t

12 Det vart openberra for dei at det ikkje var seg sjølve, men dykk dei tente med bodskapen sin. Og denne bodskapen har de no fått høyra av dei som forkynte evangeliet for dykk ved Den Heilage Ande, som er send frå himmelen. Dette er ting som jamvel englar lengtar etter å sjå inn i.t

De skal vera heilage

21 Ved han er de komne til tru på Gud, som reiste Kristus opp frå dei døde og gav han herlegdom. Difor er trua dykkar òg von til Gud.t
22 I lydnad mot sanninga har de reinsa dykk, så de kan leva i ekte kjærleik til brørne. Difor må de elska kvarandre inderleg av hjarta! t 23 For de er fødde på nytt, ikkje av forgjengeleg, men uforgjengeleg sæd, ved Guds ord som lever og varer. t

24 For
alt levande er som gras
og all deira herlegdom ¬som blomen på graset.
Graset visnar, ¬og blomen fell av. t

25 Men Herrens ord varer ¬til evig tid. t
Dette er det ordet som er forkynt dykk i evangeliet.

1 PETER 1

1 From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
To God's people who are scattered like foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

2 God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood.t
I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!

A Real Reason for Hope

4 t God has something stored up for you in heaven, where it will never decay or be ruined or disappear.
5 You have faith in God, whose power will protect you until the last day.t Then he will save you, just as he has always planned to do. 6 On that day you will be glad, even if you have to go through many hard trials for a while.

7 t Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns.
8 You have never seen Jesus, and you don't see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy

9 you are to be saved. This is why you have faith.
10 Some prophets told how God would treat you with undeserved grace, and they searched hard to find out more about the way you would be saved. 11 The Spirit of Christ was in them and was telling them how Christ would suffer and would then be given great honor. So they searched to find out exactly who Christ would be and when this would happen.

12 But they were told that they were serving you and not themselves. They preached to you by the power of the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven. And their message was only for you, even though angels would like to know more about it.

Chosen To Live //a Holy Life

16 t That's why the Scriptures say, “I am the holy God, and you must be holy too.”
17 You say that God is your Father, but God doesn't have favorites! He judges all people by what they do. So you must honor God while you live as strangers here on earth. 18 You were rescuedt from the useless way of life you learned from your ancestors. But you know you were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don't last forever. 19 t You were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb. 20 Christ was chosen even before the world was created, but because of you, he did not come until these last days.

21 And when he did come, it was to lead you to have faith in God, who raised him from death and honored him in a glorious way. This is why you have put your faith and hope in God.
22 You obeyed the truth, t and your souls were made pure. Now you sincerely love each other. But you must keep on loving with all your heart. 23 Do this because God has given you new birth by his message that lives on forever.

24 t The Scriptures say,
“Humans wither like grass,
and their glory fades
like wild flowers.
Grass dries up,
and flowers fall
to the ground.

25 But what the Lord has said
will stand forever.”
Our good news to you is what the Lord has said.