KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD
1 PETER 1:2-16
LOVE
ELECT
ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE
OF
GOD THE FATHER,
THROUGH
SANCTIFICATION
OF
THE SPIRIT,
UNTO
OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING
OF
THE BLOOD
OF
JESUS CHRIST:
GRACE UNTO YOU,
AND
PEACE BE MULTIPLIED.
BLESSED BE
THE GOD
AND
THE FATHER OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST,
WHICH ACCORDING TO
HIS ABUNDANT MERCY
HATH BEGOTTEN US
AGAIN
UNTO
A LIVELY HOPE
BY THE RESURRECTION
OF
JESUS CHRIST
FROM
THE DEAD,
TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE,
AND
UNDEFILED,
AND THAT
FADETH NOT AWAY,
RESERVED
IN
HEAVEN FOR YOU.
WHO ARE
KEPT
BY
THE POWER OF GOD
THROUGH FAITH
UNTO SALVATION
READY TO BE
REVEALED
IN THE LAST TIME.
WHEREIN YE
GREATLY REJOICE,
THOUGH NOW
FOR A SEASON,
IF NEED BE,
YE ARE IN
HEAVINESS
THROUGH MANIFOLD
TEMPTATIONS:
THAT THE TRIAL
OF YOUR FAITH,
BEING MUCH MORE
PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
OF
THAT PERISHETH,
THOUGH IT
BE TRIED WITH FIRE,
MIGHT BE FOUND
UNTO
PRAISE AND HONOUR
AND
GLORY
AT
THE APPEARING
OF
JESUS CHRIST:
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:
RECEIVING
THE END OF YOUR FAITH,
EVEN
THE SALVATION
OF
YOUR SOULS.
OF
WHICH SALVATION
THE PROPHETS
HAVE
ENQUIRED AND SEARCHED DILIGENTLY,
WHO PROPHESIED
OF
THE GRACE
THAT SHOULD COME
UNTO YOU:
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.
UNTO WHOM
IT WAS REVEALED,
THAT NOT
UNTO THEMSELVES,
BUT UNTO US
THEY DID MINISTER
THE THINGS,
WHICH ARE NOW
REPORTED
UNTO YOU
BY THEM
THAT HAVE
PREACHED THE GOSPEL
UNTO YOU
WITH
THE HOLY GHOST
SENT DOWN
FROM HEAVEN;
WHICH THINGS
THAT
ANGELS DESIRE
TO LOOK INTO.
WHEREFORE
GIRD
UP
THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND,
BE SOBER,
AND
HOPE
TO
THE END
FOR THE GRACE
THAT IS TO BE
BROUGHT UNTO YOU
AT
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST;
AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN,
NOT
FASHIONING YOURSELVES ACCORDING
TO
THE FORMER LUSTS
IN YOUR IGNORANCE:
BUT AS HE
WHICH HATH CALLED YOU
IS HOLY,
SO BE YE HOLY
IN ALL MANNER
OF
CONVERSATION;
BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN,
BE YE HOLY;
FOR I AM HOLY.
LOVE
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