1 Peter 1:2-4

International Standard Version

² the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah,^[a] and to be sprinkled with his blood.

May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

Our Hope and Joy are in the Messiah

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!^[b] Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,^[c] from the dead ⁴ and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can’t be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.