THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOUL

 

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)