1 Peter 1:3-5

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Our Hope and Joy are in the Messiah

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!^[a] Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,^[b] from the dead ⁴ and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can’t be destroyed, corrupted, or changed. ⁵ Through faith you are being protected by God’s power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.