Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: 1 Peter

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Book 60 1 Peter 001:001 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's
own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia, 001:002
chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their
obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ.
May more and more grace and peace be granted to you. 001:003
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His
great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 001:004 to an inheritance
imperishable, undefiled and unfading, which has been reserved in
Heaven for you, 001:005 whom God in His power is guarding through
faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End
of the Age. 001:006 Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even
if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various
trials. 001:007 The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your
faith-- being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is
proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at
the re-appearing of Jesus Christ. 001:008 Him you love, though your
eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot
see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is
unspeakable and is crowned with glory, 001:009 while you are securing
as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls. 001:010 There
were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely
searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which
was to come to you. 001:011 They were eager to know the time which
the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of

that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings
that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.
001:012 To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves
but you, when they foretold the very things which have now been
openly declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy
Spirit which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News.
Angels long to stoop and look into these things. 001:013 Therefore gird
up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the
boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
001:014 And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives
by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your
ignorance, 001:015 but--in imitation of the holy One who has called
you-- you also must be holy in all your habits of life. 001:016 Because
it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy." 001:017 And
if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in
accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your
stay here on earth, 001:018 knowing, as you do, that it was not with a
ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set
free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to
you from your forefathers, 001:019 but with the precious blood of
Christ--as of an unblemished and