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I Peter Chapter 1

I Peter
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I Peter

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Peter begins by thanking God for the grace that has saved the believers and reminds them of their shared faith. He exhorts the church to live in love, to be ready to defend the truth, and to continue in the work of the gospel.

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(1) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Matthew 4:18Matthew 10:2John 1:41John 1:42John 21:15John 21:16John 21:17I Peter 2:11Acts 2:5Acts 2:6Acts 2:7Acts 2:8

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Acts 16:6Acts 2:9

(2) Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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I Peter 2:9Deuteronomy 7:6Isaiah 65:9Isaiah 65:22Matthew 24:22Matthew 24:24Matthew 24:31Mark 13:20Mark 13:22Mark 13:27Luke 18:7John 15:16

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10

(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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I Kings 8:15I Chronicles 29:10I Chronicles 29:11I Chronicles 29:12I Chronicles 29:13I Chronicles 29:20Psalms 41:13Psalms 72:18Psalms 72:19II Corinthians 1:3Ephesians 1:3Ephesians 1:17

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Romans 8:24James 2:13I Corinthians 9:10

(4) To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
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I Peter 3:9Matthew 25:34Acts 20:32Acts 26:18Galatians 3:18Ephesians 1:11Ephesians 1:14Ephesians 1:18Colossians 1:12Hebrews 9:15I Corinthians 9:25I Corinthians 15:52

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 26:54Joshua 19:9

(5) Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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I Samuel 2:9Psalms 37:23Psalms 37:24Psalms 37:28Psalms 103:17Psalms 103:18Psalms 125:1Psalms 125:2Proverbs 2:8Isaiah 54:17Jeremiah 32:40John 4:14

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Galatians 3:23Romans 1:17James 2:18

(6) Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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I Peter 1:8I Peter 4:13I Samuel 2:1Psalms 9:14Psalms 35:10Psalms 95:1Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 12:3Isaiah 61:3Isaiah 61:10Matthew 5:12Luke 1:47

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I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Jeremiah 4:30

(7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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I Peter 4:12Job 23:10Psalms 66:10Psalms 66:11Psalms 66:12Proverbs 17:3Isaiah 48:10Jeremiah 9:7Zechariah 13:9Malachi 3:3Romans 5:3Romans 5:4

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Daniel 11:38Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Jeremiah 4:30

(8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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John 20:29II Corinthians 4:18II Corinthians 5:7Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:27I John 4:20I Peter 2:7Song of Solomon 1:7Song of Solomon 5:9Song of Solomon 5:16Matthew 10:37Matthew 25:35

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II Corinthians 2:3Isaiah 66:10Zephaniah 3:17Luke 6:32I Corinthians 7:30Isaiah 9:3

(9) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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Romans 6:22Hebrews 11:13James 1:21

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Romans 4:16Ezekiel 13:18Ezekiel 13:20Romans 1:17James 2:18

(10) Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
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Genesis 49:10Daniel 2:44Haggai 2:7Zechariah 6:12Matthew 13:17Luke 10:24Luke 24:25Luke 24:26Luke 24:27Luke 24:44Acts 3:22Acts 3:23

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10I Samuel 10:11

(11) Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
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I Peter 3:18I Peter 3:19Romans 8:9Galatians 4:6II Peter 1:21Revelation 19:10Psalms 22:1Psalms 22:2Psalms 22:3Psalms 22:4Psalms 22:5Psalms 22:6

(12) Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
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Isaiah 53:1Daniel 2:19Daniel 2:22Daniel 2:28Daniel 2:29Daniel 2:47Daniel 10:1Amos 3:7Matthew 11:25Matthew 11:27Matthew 16:17Luke 2:26

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Romans 15:16Colossians 1:23Acts 8:25Hebrews 4:2I Corinthians 9:18

(13) Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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Exodus 12:11I Kings 18:46II Kings 4:29Job 38:3Job 40:7Isaiah 11:5Jeremiah 1:17Luke 12:35Luke 17:8Ephesians 6:14I Peter 4:7I Peter 5:8

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Romans 11:6Romans 8:24I Corinthians 15:10I Corinthians 9:10

(14) As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
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Ephesians 2:2Ephesians 5:6I Peter 4:2I Peter 4:3Romans 6:4Romans 12:2Ephesians 4:18Ephesians 4:19Ephesians 4:20Ephesians 4:21Ephesians 4:22Colossians 3:5

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Isaiah 8:9Ezekiel 16:55

(15) But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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I Peter 2:9I Peter 5:10Romans 8:28Romans 8:29Romans 8:30Romans 9:24Philippians 3:14I Thessalonians 2:12I Thessalonians 4:7II Timothy 1:9II Peter 1:3II Peter 1:10

(16) Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 19:2Leviticus 20:7Amos 3:3

(17) And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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Zephaniah 3:9Matthew 6:9Matthew 7:7Matthew 7:8Matthew 7:9Matthew 7:10Matthew 7:11II Corinthians 1:2Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 3:14Deuteronomy 10:17II Chronicles 19:7

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James 2:3Isaiah 22:16

(18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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Psalms 49:7Psalms 49:8I Corinthians 6:20I Corinthians 7:23I Peter 1:7Psalms 39:6Psalms 62:10Jeremiah 4:11Romans 1:21I Corinthians 3:20I Peter 4:3Jeremiah 9:14

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Exodus 38:17

(19) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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I Peter 2:22I Peter 2:23I Peter 2:24I Peter 3:18Daniel 9:24Zechariah 13:7Matthew 20:28Matthew 26:28Acts 20:28Ephesians 1:7Colossians 1:14Hebrews 9:12

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Numbers 6:14Leviticus 14:10

(20) Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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Genesis 3:15Proverbs 8:23Micah 5:2Romans 3:25Romans 16:25Romans 16:26Ephesians 1:4Ephesians 3:9Ephesians 3:11Colossians 1:26II Timothy 1:9II Timothy 1:10

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John 15:19John 16:20Hebrews 9:26John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14

(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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John 5:24John 12:44John 14:6Hebrews 6:1Hebrews 7:25Acts 2:24Acts 2:32Acts 3:15Acts 4:10I Peter 1:11I Peter 3:22Matthew 28:18

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I Corinthians 14:22Romans 8:24John 10:38Romans 1:17James 2:18I Corinthians 9:10

(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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John 15:3John 17:17John 17:19Acts 15:9Romans 6:16Romans 6:17II Thessalonians 2:13James 4:8I Peter 3:1I Peter 4:17Acts 6:7Romans 1:5

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18II John 1:1

(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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I Peter 1:3John 1:3John 3:5Malachi 2:3Romans 1:23I Corinthians 15:53I Corinthians 15:54I John 3:9I John 5:18I Peter 1:25Jeremiah 23:28Matthew 24:35

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26I John 3:9

(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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II Kings 19:26Psalms 37:2Psalms 90:5Psalms 92:7Psalms 102:4Psalms 103:15Psalms 129:6Isaiah 40:6Isaiah 40:7Isaiah 40:8James 1:10James 1:11

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Isaiah 40:7James 1:11II Kings 19:26Isaiah 37:27Isaiah 40:8Daniel 4:15

(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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I Peter 1:23Psalms 102:12Psalms 102:26Psalms 119:89Isaiah 40:8Matthew 5:18Luke 16:17I Peter 1:12I Peter 2:2John 1:1John 1:14I Corinthians 1:21

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Acts 8:25Hebrews 4:2I Corinthians 9:18

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