3 Praise be to God and Father
Of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In His Great Mercy
He has Given us New Birth
Into a Living Hope
Through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
From the Dead,
4 And into an Inheritance
That can Never Perish, Spoil or Fade.
This Inheritance is Kept in Heaven for You,
5 Who through Faith
Are Shielded by God’s Power
Until the Coming of the Salvation
That is Ready to be Revealed in the Last Time.
6 In All this You Greatly Rejoice,
Though Now for a Little While
You may have had to Suffer Grief
In all Kinds of Trials.
7 These have come
So that the Proven Genuineness of Your Faith--
Of Greater Worth than Gold,
Which Perishes even though Refined by Fire--
May Result in Praise, Glory and Honor
When Jesus Christ is Revealed.
8 Though You Have Not Seen Him,
You Love Him,
And even though You Do Not See Him Now,
You Believe in Him
And are Filled with an Inexpressible and Glorious Joy.
9 For you are Receiving the End Result of Your Faith,
The Salvation of Your Soul.
(1 Peter 1:3-9, NIV)
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