1 Peter 1
New Living Translation
Greetings from Peter
1 This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.[a] 2 God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
May God give you more and more grace and peace.
The Hope of Eternal Life
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
6 So be truly glad.[b] There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9 The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
10 This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. 11 They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.
12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.
A Call to Holy Living
13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. 15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”[c]
17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.” 18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.
21 Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.
22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.[d] Love each other deeply with all your heart.[e]
23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. 24 As the Scriptures say,
“People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.
25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.”[f]
And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.
Footnotes
- 1:1 Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia were Roman provinces in what is now Turkey.
- 1:6 Or So you are truly glad.
- 1:16 Lev 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7.
- 1:22a Greek must have brotherly love.
- 1:22b Some manuscripts read with a pure heart.
- 1:24-25 Isa 40:6-8.
1 Peter 1
Contemporary English Version
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.[a]
I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!
A Real Reason for Hope
3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on. 4 (A) 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.[b] 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 (B) 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
13 Be alert and think straight. Put all your hope in how God will treat you with undeserved grace when Jesus Christ appears. 14 Behave like obedient children. Don't let your lives be controlled by your desires, as they used to be. 15 Always live as God's holy people should, because God is the one who chose you, and he is holy. 16 (C) 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 rescued[c] 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 (D) 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,[d] 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 (E) 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.
Footnotes
- 1.2 sprinkled with his blood: According to Exodus 24.3-8 the people of Israel were sprinkled with the blood of cows to show they would keep their agreement with God. Peter says that it is the blood of Jesus that seals the agreement between God and his people (see Hebrews 9.18-21).
- 1.5 the last day: When God will judge all people.
- 1.18 rescued: The Greek word often, though not always, means payment of a price to free a slave or prisoner.
- 1.22 You obeyed the truth: Some manuscripts add “by the power of the Spirit.”
1 Peter 1
Living Bible
1 From: Peter, Jesus Christ’s missionary.
To: The Jewish Christians driven out of Jerusalem and scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia Minor, and Bithynia.
2 Dear friends, God the Father chose you long ago and knew you would become his children. And the Holy Spirit has been at work in your hearts, cleansing you with the blood of Jesus Christ and making you to please him. May God bless you richly and grant you increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear.
3 All honor to God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; for it is his boundless mercy that has given us the privilege of being born again so that we are now members of God’s own family. Now we live in the hope of eternal life because Christ rose again from the dead. 4 And God has reserved for his children the priceless gift of eternal life; it is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And God, in his mighty power, will make sure that you get there safely to receive it because you are trusting him. It will be yours in that coming last day for all to see. 6 So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though the going is rough for a while down here.
7 These trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests gold and purifies it—and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold; so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of his return.
8 You love him even though you have never seen him; though not seeing him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself. 9 And your further reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
10 This salvation was something the prophets did not fully understand. Though they wrote about it, they had many questions as to what it all could mean. 11 They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about, for he told them to write down the events which, since then, have happened to Christ: his suffering, and his great glory afterwards. And they wondered when and to whom all this would happen.
12 They were finally told that these things would not occur during their lifetime, but long years later, during yours. And now at last this Good News has been plainly announced to all of us. It was preached to us in the power of the same heaven-sent Holy Spirit who spoke to them; and it is all so strange and wonderful that even the angels in heaven would give a great deal to know more about it.
13 So now you can look forward soberly and intelligently to more of God’s kindness to you when Jesus Christ returns.
14 Obey God because you are his children; don’t slip back into your old ways—doing evil because you knew no better. 15 But be holy now in everything you do, just as the Lord is holy, who invited you to be his child. 16 He himself has said, “You must be holy, for I am holy.”
17 And remember that your heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges. He will judge you with perfect justice for everything you do; so act in reverent fear of him from now on until you get to heaven. 18 God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know. 19 But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but only recently was he brought into public view, in these last days, as a blessing to you.
21 Because of this, your trust can be in God who raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. Now your faith and hope can rest in him alone. 22 Now you can have real love for everyone because your souls have been cleansed from selfishness and hatred when you trusted Christ to save you; so see to it that you really do love each other warmly, with all your hearts.
23 For you have a new life. It was not passed on to you from your parents, for the life they gave you will fade away. This new one will last forever, for it comes from Christ, God’s ever-living Message to men. 24 Yes, our natural lives will fade as grass does when it becomes all brown and dry. All our greatness is like a flower that droops and falls; 25 but the Word of the Lord will last forever. And his message is the Good News that was preached to you.
1 Petru 1
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
1 Petru, apostol al lui Isus Cristos, către cei aleşi – care locuiesc ca peregrini, împrăştiaţi[a] în Pont, Galatia, Capadocia, Asia[b] şi Bitinia[c] – 2 după preştiinţa lui Dumnezeu Tatăl, prin sfinţirea lucrată de Duhul, spre ascultarea şi stropirea cu sângele lui Isus Cristos: harul şi pacea să vă fie înmulţite!
Născuţi din nou la o nădejde vie
3 Binecuvântat să fie Dumnezeu, Tatăl Domnului nostru Isus Cristos, Care, după marea Lui îndurare, ne-a născut din nou la o nădejde vie, prin învierea lui Isus Cristos din morţi, 4 şi la o moştenire nepieritoare şi nepângărită, care nu se ofileşte şi care este păstrată în ceruri pentru voi. 5 Voi sunteţi păziţi de puterea lui Dumnezeu, prin credinţă, pentru mântuirea care este gata să fie descoperită în vremea de pe urmă. 6 În ea, voi vă bucuraţi nespus, măcar că acum, dacă trebuie, sunteţi întristaţi pentru puţin timp prin diferite încercări, 7 pentru ca testarea credinţei voastre, cu mult mai valoroasă decât aurul care piere şi care totuşi este testat prin foc, să aducă laudă, glorie şi onoare la descoperirea lui Isus Cristos. 8 Pe El voi Îl iubiţi fără să-L fi văzut, credeţi în El, chiar dacă acum nu-L vedeţi, şi vă bucuraţi nespus, cu o bucurie de nedescris şi glorioasă, 9 pentru că primiţi, la capătul credinţei voastre, mântuirea sufletelor voastre.
10 Cu privire la această mântuire, profeţii care au profeţit despre harul ce urma să fie al vostru, au căutat şi au cercetat cu atenţie, 11 încercând să afle ce vreme sau ce împrejurări[d] le arăta Duhul lui Cristos din ei, atunci când a prezis suferinţele lui Cristos şi slava care urma după acestea. 12 Lor le-a fost descoperit că nu slujeau pentru ei înşişi, ci pentru voi, cu privire la lucrurile care v-au fost anunţate acum prin cei ce v-au vestit Evanghelia[e] prin Duhul Sfânt trimis din cer – lucruri în care[f] chiar şi îngerii doresc să privească.
Fiţi sfinţi!
13 Prin urmare, încingeţi-vă coapsele minţii[g] voastre, fiind treji, puneţi-vă pe deplin nădejdea în harul care vă va fi adus la descoperirea lui Isus Cristos! 14 Ca nişte copii ascultători, să nu vă conformaţi poftelor pe care le aveaţi înainte, când eraţi în ignoranţă, 15 ci, aşa cum Cel Ce v-a chemat este sfânt, fiţi şi voi sfinţi în toată purtarea voastră, 16 deoarece este scris: „Fiţi sfinţi, pentru că Eu sunt sfânt!“[h]
17 Şi dacă-L chemaţi ca Tată pe Cel Ce judecă cu nepărtinire pe fiecare după faptele lui, atunci trăiţi cu frică în timpul peregrinării voastre, 18 pentru că ştiţi că nu cu lucruri pieritoare – argint sau aur – aţi fost răscumpăraţi din felul vostru de viaţă fără rost, moştenit de la strămoşii voştri, 19 ci cu sângele preţios al lui Cristos[i], ca al unui miel fără meteahnă şi fără pată. 20 El a fost ales[j] înainte de întemeierea lumii, dar a fost arătat în vremurile de pe urmă, pentru voi. 21 Prin El sunteţi credincioşi în Dumnezeu, Care L-a înviat din morţi şi I-a dat slavă, astfel încât credinţa şi nădejdea voastră să fie în Dumnezeu.
22 Acum că v-aţi curăţit sufletele prin ascultarea de adevăr, ca să aveţi o dragoste de fraţi fără ipocrizie, iubiţi-vă unii pe alţii cu căldură, dintr-o inimă curată[k]! 23 Aţi fost născuţi din nou, nu dintr-o sămânţă pieritoare, ci dintr-una nepieritoare, prin Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu care este viu şi care rămâne pe vecie. 24 Căci,
„Orice făptură[l] este ca iarba
şi toată gloria ei este ca floarea de pe câmp!
Iarba se usucă, iar floarea cade,
25 însă Cuvântul Domnului rămâne pe vecie!“[m]
Şi acesta este Cuvântul care v-a fost vestit prin Evanghelie.
Footnotes
- 1 Petru 1:1 Gr.: diaspora, termen folosit pentru a-i descrie pe evreii sau pe creştinii răspândiţi în lumea greco-romană
- 1 Petru 1:1 Este vorba despre provincia romană Asia, cu capitala la Efes, privincie care ocupa, alături de alte provincii, aria geografică cunoscută ca Asia Mică
- 1 Petru 1:1 Cinci provincii romane ce se aflau în regiunea cunoscută drept Asia Mică; sunt enumerate în sensul acelor de ceasornic, dinspre nord, probabil în ordinea în care mesajul trebuia să ajungă la fiecare din aceste biserici
- 1 Petru 1:11 Sau: pe cine şi ce vreme, cu accentul pe persoană
- 1 Petru 1:12 Sau: Vestea Bună; peste tot în carte
- 1 Petru 1:12 Expresie ce redă o dorinţă puternică de a vedea acele lucruri
- 1 Petru 1:13 În contextul antic oriental imaginea este aceea a îmbrăcării unei haine lungi și largi care trebuia încinsă la mijloc, înainte ca cineva sa se apuce de lucru; aşadar, sensul expresiei este: pregătiţi-vă mintea pentru acţiune; expresia redă însă şi vigilenţa
- 1 Petru 1:16 Vezi Lev. 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7
- 1 Petru 1:19 Sau: Mesia; atât Cristos (greacă), cât şi Mesia (ebraică şi aramaică) înseamnă Cel care este uns; peste tot în carte
- 1 Petru 1:20 Sau: cunoscut
- 1 Petru 1:22 Unele mss conţin: din inimă
- 1 Petru 1:24 Lit.: carne
- 1 Petru 1:25 Vezi Is. 40:6-8
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