MacWorld 1996 July/Macworld (1996-07).dmg/Shareware World/Communication/WarpSearch CGI 1.0/The_Bible/1peter.txt

Text File | 1996-04-13 | 14KB | 279 lines

The next file is: 1PETER
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
 scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
 Bithynia,
1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
 through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and
 sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and
 peace, be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a
 living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
 fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation
 ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6 In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if
 need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than
 of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found
 to praise, and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus
 Christ:
1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see
 [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and
 full of glory:
1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of
 [your] souls.
1:10 Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and
 searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should
 come] to you:
1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
 which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
 sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us
 they ministered the things which are now reported to you by
 them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit
 sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look
 into.
1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and
 hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at
 the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according
 to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1:15 But as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
 manner of deportment.
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
 persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of
 your sojourning [here] in fear:
1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
 corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain course
 of life [received] by tradition from your fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
 blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the
 world, but was manifested in these last times for you,
1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the
 dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in
 God.
1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
 through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that
 ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
 incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
 ever.
1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as
 the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower
 falleth away:
1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the
 word which by the gospel is preached to you.
2:1 Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
 hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings,
2:2 As new-born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye
 may grow thereby:
2:3 If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.
2:4 To whom coming [as to] a living stone, disallowed indeed by
 men, but chosen by God, [and] precious,
2:5 Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a
 holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable
 to God by Jesus Christ.
2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I
 lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that
 believeth on him shall not be confounded.
2:7 To you therefore who believe [he is] precious: but to them
 who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed,
 the same is made the head of the corner,
2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, [even to
 them] who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also
 they were appointed.
2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
 nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the
 praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
 marvelous light:
2:10 Who in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the
 people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have
 obtained mercy.
2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims,
 abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:12 Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that,
 whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by
 [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the
 day of visitation.
2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's
 sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
2:14 Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the
 punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do
 well.
2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put
 to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
2:16 As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of
 maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
2:17 Honor all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the
 king.
2:18 Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not
 only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
2:19 For this [is] thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards
 God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.
2:20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye are buffeted for your
 faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and
 suffer [for it], ye bear it patiently, this [is] acceptable
 with God.
2:21 For even to this were ye called: because Christ also
 suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow
 his steps:
2:22 Who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
 suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him
 that judgeth righteously:
2:24 Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that
 we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness; by whose
 stripes ye were healed.
2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to
 the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
3:1 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands;
 that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word
 be won by the deportment of the wives;
3:2 While they behold your chaste manner of life [coupled] with
 fear.
3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on
 apparel;
3:4 But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which
 is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet
 spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
3:5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also,
 who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to
 their own husbands:
3:6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
 daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid
 with any amazement.
3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to
 knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel,
 and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your
 prayers be not hindered.
3:8 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of
 another; love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on
 the contrary, blessing; knowing that ye are called to this,
 that ye should inherit a blessing.
3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him
 restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no
 guile:
3:11 Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and
 pursue it.
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his
 ears [are open] to their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is]
 against them that do evil.
3:13 And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye are followers of
 that which is good?
3:14 But if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]:
 and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready
 always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a
 reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of
 you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse
 your good deportment in Christ.
3:17 For [it is] better, if the will of God is so, that ye
 suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.
3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for
 the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death
 in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
3:19 By which also he went and preached to the spirits in
 prison;
3:20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the long-suffering
 of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing,
 in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
3:21 The like figure to which, [even] baptism, doth also now
 save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but
 the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the
 resurrection of Jesus Christ:
3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God;
 angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject to him.
4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,
 arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath
 suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the
 flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
4:3 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have
 wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
 lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings,
 and abominable idolatries:
4:4 In which they think it strange that ye run not with [them]
 to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the
 living and the dead.
4:6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them
 that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in
 the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober,
 and watch to prayer.
4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves:
 for charity will cover a multitude of sins.
4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
4:10 As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the
 same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of
 God.
4:11 If any man speaketh [let him speak] as the oracles of God;
 if any man ministereth [let him do it] as of the ability which
 God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through
 Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
 Amen.
4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
 which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to
 you:
4:13 But rejoice, seeing ye are partakers of Christ's
 sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be
 glad also with exceeding joy.
4:14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are
 ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. On
 their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
 glorified.
4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief,
 or [as] an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters.
4:16 Yet if [any man suffereth] as a Christian, let him not be
 ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
4:17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the
 house of God: and if [it] first [beginneth] at us, what will
 [be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?
4:18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the
 ungodly and the sinner appear?
4:19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of
 God, commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well-doing,
 as to a faithful Creator.
5:1 The elders who are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,
 and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker
 of the glory that shall be revealed:
5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the
 oversight [of it], not by constraint, but willingly; not for
 filthy lucre, but from a ready mind;
5:3 Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being
 examples to the flock.
5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a
 crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes,
 all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with
 humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
 humble.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
 that he may exalt you in due time:
5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as
 a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
5:9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same
 afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the
 world.
5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal
 glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you
 perfect, establish, strengthen, settle [you].
5:11 To him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I
 have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is
 the true grace of God in which ye stand.
5:13 The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with
 [you], saluteth you; and [so doth] Mark my son.
5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be]
 with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.