Första Petrusbrevet 1

Hälsning

1 Från Petrus, Jesu Kristi apostel, till de utvalda som lever skingrade, som främlingar, i Pontos, Galatien, Kappadokien, Asien och Bithynien,

2 utvalda enligt Guds, vår faders, plan, helgade av Anden och bestämda till lydnad och rening med Jesu Kristi blod. Nåd och frid åt er i rikaste mått.

Ett levande hopp

5 Ty Guds makt beskyddar er genom tron fram till den frälsning som finns beredd att uppenbaras i den sista tiden.
6 Därför kan ni jubla, även om ni just nu en kort tid skulle få utstå prövningar av olika slag, 7 för att det som är äkta i er tro — och detta är långt dyrbarare än det förgängliga guldet, som dock måste prövas i eld — skall ge pris, härlighet och ära när Jesus Kristus uppenbaras. 8 Ni har inte sett honom men älskar honom ändå; ni ser honom ännu inte men tror på honom och kan jubla i outsäglig, himmelsk glädje

9 då ni nu står nära målet för er tro: era själars räddning.
10 Det var denna räddning som profeterna sökte och forskade efter när de profeterade om den nåd som ni skulle få. 11 De ville utröna vilken och vad slags tid som Kristi ande i dem syftade på när den förutsade de lidanden Messias måste utstå och den härlighet som skulle följa.

12 Det uppenbarades för dem att det inte var sig själva utan er som de tjänade med sitt budskap. Detta har nu kungjorts för er av dem som i helig ande, sänd från himlen, kommit till er med evangeliet, detta som änglarna längtar efter att få blicka in i.

Ett heligt liv

21 Genom honom tror ni på Gud, som har uppväckt honom från de döda och förhärligat honom, så att ni i er tro också kan hoppas på Gud.
22 Ni har renat era själar genom att lyda sanningen och kan leva i uppriktig kärlek till era bröder. Älska då varandra av hela ert hjärta. 23 Ni är ju födda på nytt, inte ur en förgänglig sådd utan ur en oförgänglig, Guds levande och bestående ord,

24 ty:
Människan är som gräset
och all hennes härlighet som blommorna i gräset.
Gräset vissnar och blommorna faller av.

25  Men Herrens ord består i evighet.
Det är detta ord som har förkunnats för er.

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.