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
Dette er Biblen på dansk
1 Peter, Jesu Kristi Apostel, til Udlændingene i Adspredelse i Pontus, Galatien, Kappadokien, Asien og Bithynien, 2 udvalgte efter Gud Faders Forudviden, ved Åndens Helligelse, til Lydighed og Bestænkelse med Jesu Kristi Blod: Nåde og Fred vorde eder mangfoldig til Del!
3 Lovet være Gud og vor Herres Jesu Kristi Fader, som efter sin store Barmhjertighed har genfødt os til et levende Håb ved Jesu Kristi Opstandelse fra de døde, 4 til en uforkrænkelig og ubesmittelig og uvisnelig Arv, som er bevaret i Himlene til eder, 5 I, som ved Guds Kraft bevogtes ved Tro til en Frelse, som er rede til at åbenbares i den sidste Tid, 6 i hvilken I skulle fryde eder, om I end nu en liden Stund, hvis så skal være, bedrøves i mange Hånde Prøvelser, 7 for at eders prøvede Tro, som er meget dyrebarere end det forgængelige Guld, der dog prøves ved Ild, må findes til Ros og Herlighed og Ære i Jesu Kristi Åbenbarelse, 8 ham, som I ikke have set og dog elske, ham, som I, skønt I nu ikke se, men tro, skulle fryde eder over med en uudsigelig og forherliget Glæde, 9 når I nå Målet for eders Tro, Sjælenes Frelse. 10 Om denne Frelse have Profeter gransket og ransaget, de, som profeterede om den Nåde, der skulde blive eder til Del, 11 idet de granskede over, hvilken eller hvordan en Tid Kristi Ånd, som var i dem, henviste til, når den forud vidnede om Kristi Lidelser og den derpå følgende Herlighed. 12 Og det blev dem åbenbaret, at det ikke var dem selv, men eder, de tjente med disse Ting, som nu ere blevne eder kundgjorte ved dem, der have forkyndt eder Evangeliet i den Helligånd, som blev sendt fra Himmelen, hvilke Ting Engle begære at skue ind i.
13 Derfor, binder op om eders Sinds Lænder, værer ædrue, og sætter fuldt ud eders Håb til den Nåde, som bliver eder til Del i Jesu Kristi Åbenbarelse. 14 Som lydige Børn skulle I ikke skikke eder efter de forrige Lyster i eders Vankundighed; 15 men efter den hellige, som kaldte eder, skulle også I vorde hellige i al eders Vandel; 16 thi der er skrevet: "I skulle være hellige, thi jeg er hellig." 17 Og dersom I påkalde ham som Fader, der dømmer uden Persons Anseelse efter enhvers Gerning, da bør I vandre i Frygt eders Udlændigheds Tid, 18 vel vidende, at det ikke var med forkrænkelige Ting,, Sølv eller Guld, at I bleve løskøbte fra eders tomme Vandel, som var overleveret eder fra Fædrene, 19 men med Kristi dyrebare Blod som et lydeløst og uplettet Lams, 20 han, som var forud kendt for Verdens Grundlæggelse, men blev åbenbaret ved Tidernes Ende for eders Skyld, 21 der ved ham tro på Gud, som oprejste ham fra de døde og gav ham Herlighed, så at eders Tro også er Håb til Gud.
22 Lutrer eders Sjæle i Lydighed imod Sandheden til uskrømtet Broderkærlighed, og elsker hverandre inderligt af Hjertet, 23 genfødte, som I ere, ikke af forkrænkelig, men af uforkrænkelig Sæd, ved Guds levende og blivende Ord. 24 Thi "alt Kød er som Græs, og al dets Herlighed som Græssets Blomst; Græsset visner, og Blomsten falder af; 25 men Herrens Ord bliver evindelig." Og dette er det Ord, som er forkyndt eder ved Evangeliet.
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