1 Pietro 1
La Bibbia della Gioia
1 Questa lettera è scritta da Pietro, apostolo di Gesù Cristo, ai cristiani di origine ebraica cacciati da Gerusalemme e dispersi nel Ponto, nella Galazia, nella Cappadòcia, nelle province dellʼAsia e nella Bitinia.
2 Cari fratelli, molto tempo fa, Dio Padre vi ha predestinati a diventare suoi figli, per mezzo dello Spirito Santo, che agì nel vostro cuore purificandovi col sangue di Gesù Cristo e rendendovi graditi a lui. Che il Signore vi dia ricche benedizioni, grazia e pace in abbondanza!
Difficoltà e… gioia
3 Sia benedetto Iddio, Padre del nostro Signore Gesù Cristo che, nella sua infinita misericordia, ci ha dato il privilegio di nascere di nuovo: ora facciamo parte della famiglia di Dio e viviamo nella speranza della vita eterna, perché Cristo è risorto dai morti. 4 Il Signore ha tenuto in serbo per i suoi figli il dono inestimabile della vita eterna; ha riservato in cielo per voi, unʼeredità sicura, inalterabile e che non va in rovina. 5 Egli, nella sua immensa potenza, vi proteggerà fino a quando non riceverete la salvezza, che sarà vostra e verrà rivelata a tutti nellʼultimo giorno. 6 Esultate di gioia, allora! È meraviglioso ciò che vi aspetta, anche se adesso, ancora per un poʼ di tempo almeno, vi toccherà affrontare svariate prove qui sulla terra.
7 Queste prove servono a verificare se la vostra fede è forte e genuina. Essa viene messa alla prova come lʼoro è messo alla prova dal fuoco, che lo rende puro. Per il Signore la vostra fede è ben più preziosa dellʼoro, perciò, se dopo tutte queste prove, essa risulta genuina, riceverete lode, gloria e onore il giorno in cui Cristo tornerà.
8 Voi amate Cristo senza averlo mai conosciuto e credete in lui, anche se ora non lo potete vedere; per questo siete felici, di una felicità ineffabile che viene dal cielo. 9 Oltre a ciò, la ricompensa che riceverete per aver creduto in lui sarà la salvezza della vostra anima.
10 Questa salvezza, di cui parlavano gli antichi profeti, era qualcosa che non riuscivano a capire in pieno. Perciò questo argomento era al centro delle loro indagini e ricerche. 11 Essi si chiedevano a che periodo e a quali circostanze si riferisse lo Spirito di Cristo, che era in loro, quando parlava in anticipo di ciò che sarebbe accaduto al Messia; le sue sofferenze prima, e la gloria dopo.
12 Dio rivelò ai profeti che queste cose non sarebbero accadute durante la loro vita, ma molti anni più tardi, e cioè, durante la vostra. Ed ora, finalmente, questa buona notizia è stata annunciata chiaramente a tutti noi. Ci è stata predicata per mezzo dello Spirito Santo, mandato dal cielo; ed è tutto così straordinario, che perfino gli angeli in cielo vorrebbero saperne di più! 13 Perciò, tenetevi pronti e rimanete ben svegli, saldi nella speranza della grazia di Dio, che riceverete quando Gesù Cristo ritornerà.
14 Obbedite a Dio, perché siete suoi figli. E non ricadete nelle abitudini del passato, quando vi comportavate male, perché non conoscevate la verità! 15 Siate santi, invece, in tutto ciò che fate, proprio come è santo il Signore che vi ha invitati ad essere suoi figli. 16 Egli stesso ha detto: «Siate santi, perché io sono santo».
17 E ricordate che Dio, vostro Padre, al quale vi rivolgete quando pregate, non fa preferenze quando giudica: ciascuno sarà giudicato secondo ciò che ha fatto. Perciò, nel periodo che dovete passare su questa terra, agite con timore e rispetto di lui.
Il riscatto è pagato!
18 Dio ha pagato un riscatto per salvarvi da quel modo di vivere inutile ereditato dai vostri padri e, come ben sapete, non vi ha riscattati pagando con oro e argento, cose che passano, 19 ma con il prezioso sangue di Cristo, lʼAgnello di Dio senza difetto e senza macchia. 20 A questo scopo, Dio lo scelse già prima della creazione del mondo; ma soltanto in questi ultimi tempi egli lo ha rivelato per amor vostro.
21 Grazie a Cristo, ora voi potete aver fede in Dio, che lʼha resuscitato dai morti e gli ha dato immensa gloria. Così adesso la vostra fede e la vostra speranza sono rivolte verso Dio. 22 Amatevi a vicenda con tutto il cuore, perché, ubbidendo alla verità, la vostra anima è stata purificata dallʼegoismo e dallʼodio, e così ora potete amarvi sinceramente come fratelli. 23 Perché ora siete rinati non da un seme corruttibile, ma da quel seme immortale che è la Parola di Dio viva ed eterna.
24 Infatti, le Scritture dicono: «La nostra vita è come lʼerba che si secca. Tutto il nostro splendore è come un fiore che appassisce e cade, 25 ma la Parola del Signore durerà per sempre». E questa parola è il Vangelo che vi è stato annunciato.
1 Peter 1
New International Version
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,(A)
To God’s elect,(B) exiles(C) scattered(D) throughout the provinces of Pontus,(E) Galatia,(F) Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,(G) 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge(H) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,(I) to be obedient(J) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:(K)
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.(L)
Praise to God for a Living Hope
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(M) In his great mercy(N) he has given us new birth(O) into a living hope(P) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(Q) 4 and into an inheritance(R) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(S) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(T) 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power(U) until the coming of the salvation(V) that is ready to be revealed(W) in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice,(X) though now for a little while(Y) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(Z) 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness(AA) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(AB)—may result in praise, glory and honor(AC) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(AD) 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(AE) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.(AF)
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke(AG) of the grace that was to come to you,(AH) searched intently and with the greatest care,(AI) 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ(AJ) in them was pointing when he predicted(AK) the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you,(AL) when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you(AM) by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.(AN) Even angels long to look into these things.
Be Holy
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(AO) set your hope(AP) on the grace to be brought to you(AQ) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(AR) 14 As obedient(AS) children, do not conform(AT) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(AU) 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(AV) 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](AW)
17 Since you call on a Father(AX) who judges each person’s work(AY) impartially,(AZ) live out your time as foreigners(BA) here in reverent fear.(BB) 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(BC) from the empty way of life(BD) handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood(BE) of Christ, a lamb(BF) without blemish or defect.(BG) 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(BH) but was revealed in these last times(BI) for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God,(BJ) who raised him from the dead(BK) and glorified him,(BL) and so your faith and hope(BM) are in God.
22 Now that you have purified(BN) yourselves by obeying(BO) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(BP) from the heart.[b] 23 For you have been born again,(BQ) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(BR) through the living and enduring word of God.(BS) 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[c](BT)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
- 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
- 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
1 Peter 1
Jubilee Bible 2000
1 ¶ Peter, apostle of Jesus, the Christ, to the strangers scattered in Pontus, in Galatia, in Cappadocia, in Asia, and in Bithynia,
2 chosen (according to the foreknowledge of God the Father) in sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, the Christ, Grace and peace, be multiplied unto you.
3 ¶ Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,
4 unto the incorruptible inheritance that cannot be defiled and that does not fade away, conserved in the heavens for you,
5 who are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.
6 ¶ In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,
7 that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;
8 whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
9 receiving the end of your faith, even the saving health of your souls.
10 ¶ Of which saving health the prophets, (who prophesied of the grace that was to come in you) have enquired and searched diligently;
11 searching when and in what point of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, which announced beforehand the afflictions that were to come upon the Christ, and the glory that should follow them.
12 Unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves, but unto us they did administer the things, which are now announced unto you by those that have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into.
13 ¶ Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,
14 as obedient sons, not conforming yourselves with the former desires that you had before in your ignorance,
15 but as he who has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 for it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,
18 knowing that ye have been ransomed from your vain conversation (which you received from your fathers), not with corruptible things like silver and gold,
19 but with the precious blood of the Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without contamination,
20 already ordained from before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for love of you,
21 who by him do believe God, who raised him up from the dead and has given him glory: that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,
23 being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.
24 ¶ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
25 but the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 Peter 1
World English Bible
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,[a] to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 8 whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, 9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them. 12 To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action.[b] Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior, 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(A)
17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear, 18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake, 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. 24 For,
“All flesh is like grass,
and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls;
25 but the Lord’s word endures forever.”(B)
This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
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