1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (Jas 1:1)2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. (Da 4:1; Ac 2:23; Ro 8:29; Ro 11:2; 1Th 4:3; Heb 10:22; Heb 12:24; 2Pe 1:2; Jud 1:2)
Born Again to a Living Hope
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1Co 15:20; 2Co 1:3; Eph 1:3; Tit 3:5; 1Pe 1:23; 1Pe 3:21)4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (Ro 8:17; Col 1:5; 2Ti 4:8; 1Pe 5:4)5who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17; Eph 2:8; Heb 12:11; 1Pe 5:10)6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, (Jas 1:2; 1Pe 4:12)7so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Job 23:10; Ps 66:10; Pr 17:3; Isa 48:10; Ro 2:7; Ro 2:10; 1Co 3:13; 1Co 4:5; 2Th 1:7; Jas 1:3)8Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, (Joh 20:29; Heb 11:27; 1Jo 4:20)9obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (Ro 6:22)10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, (Da 8:15; Mt 13:17; Lu 10:24; 2Pe 1:19)11inquiring what person or time[1] the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. (Isa 52:13; Da 9:24; Mt 26:24; Lu 24:26; Ac 3:18; Ac 16:7; Ro 8:9; 2Pe 1:21)12It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. (Da 8:13; Da 12:4; Da 12:5; Da 12:9; Da 12:13; Mt 13:17; Ac 2:2; Eph 3:10; Heb 11:39)
Called to Be Holy
13Therefore, preparing your minds for action,[2] and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Lu 12:35; 1Th 5:6; 1Th 5:8; 2Ti 4:5; 1Pe 4:7; 1Pe 5:8)14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, (Ac 17:30; Ro 12:2; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 4:2)15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, (2Co 7:1; 1Th 4:7; Heb 12:14; Jas 3:13; 1Jo 3:3)16since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (Le 11:44)17And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, (Ps 62:12; Jer 3:19; Mal 1:6; Mt 6:9; Ro 11:20; 2Co 6:18; 2Co 7:1; Jas 2:1; 1Pe 3:15)18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, (Ps 49:8; Ps 130:8; 1Co 6:20; Eph 4:17; Tit 2:14; 2Pe 2:1)19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. (Ex 12:5; Joh 1:29; Ac 20:28; Heb 9:14)20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you (Ro 16:26; Heb 1:2)21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. (Joh 7:39; Joh 12:44; Ac 2:24; Ac 3:13; Ro 10:9; Heb 2:9; 1Pe 3:22)22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, (Ro 12:9; 1Ti 1:5; Heb 13:1)23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; (Joh 1:13; Joh 3:3; Heb 4:12; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:3)24for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, (Isa 40:6; Isa 40:8; Jas 1:10)25but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. (Isa 40:9; Mt 24:35)
1Petrus, Apostel[1] Jesu Christi, den Fremdlingen[2] von der Zerstreuung von Pontus, Galatien, Kappadozien, Asien und Bithynien[3], die auserwählt sind (Mt 10:2; Eph 1:4; Jas 1:1; 1Pe 2:9; 1Pe 2:11; 2Pe 1:1)2nach Vorkenntnis Gottes, des Vaters, in der Heiligung des Geistes zum Gehorsam und zur Besprengung mit dem Blut Jesu Christi: Gnade und Friede werde euch ⟨immer⟩ reichlicher zuteil! (Ro 1:5; Ro 8:29; 1Co 6:11; Col 3:12; Heb 12:24; 2Pe 1:2; Jud 1:2)
Heil und Hoffnung des Evangeliums
3Gepriesen sei der Gott und Vater unseres Herrn Jesus Christus, der nach seiner großen Barmherzigkeit uns wiedergeboren[4] hat zu einer lebendigen Hoffnung durch die Auferstehung Jesu Christi aus den Toten (Ro 8:24; 1Co 15:20; 2Co 1:3; Eph 1:3; Eph 1:18; Eph 2:4; 1Pe 1:23)4zu einem unvergänglichen und unbefleckten und unverwelklichen Erbteil, das in den Himmeln aufbewahrt ist für euch, (Ps 16:6; Ac 20:32; Col 1:5)5die ihr in der Kraft Gottes durch Glauben bewahrt werdet zur Rettung[5], ⟨die⟩ bereit⟨steht⟩, in der letzten Zeit offenbart zu werden. (Ps 37:28; Joh 10:29; Ro 13:11; Heb 11:1)6Darin jubelt ihr[6], die ihr jetzt eine kleine Zeit[7], wenn es nötig ist, in mancherlei Versuchungen[8] betrübt worden seid, (2Co 4:17; Heb 12:10; 1Pe 4:12; 1Pe 4:13; 1Pe 5:10)7damit die Bewährung[9] eures Glaubens viel kostbarer befunden wird als die des vergänglichen Goldes, das durch Feuer erprobt wird, zu Lob und Herrlichkeit und Ehre in der Offenbarung Jesu Christi; (Pr 17:3; Mal 3:3; 2Th 1:7; Jas 1:3)8den ihr liebt, obgleich ihr ihn nicht gesehen habt; an den ihr glaubt, obwohl ihr ihn jetzt nicht seht, ⟨über den⟩ ihr mit unaussprechlicher und verherrlichter Freude jubelt; (Joh 20:29; Ro 12:12)9und ⟨so⟩ erlangt ihr das Ziel eures Glaubens: die Rettung[10] der Seelen. (Heb 10:39)10Im Hinblick auf diese Rettung[11] suchten und forschten Propheten, die über die an euch ⟨erwiesene⟩ Gnade weissagten. (Mt 13:17; Ac 3:24)11Sie forschten, auf welche oder auf was für eine Zeit der Geist Christi, der in ihnen war, hindeutete, als er die auf Christus ⟨zukommenden⟩ Leiden und die Herrlichkeiten danach vorher bezeugte. (Ps 22:2; Isa 60:1; Mt 26:24; Lu 24:26; 2Pe 1:21)12Ihnen wurde es offenbart, dass sie nicht sich selbst, sondern euch dienten im Blick auf das, was euch jetzt verkündet worden ist durch die, welche euch das Evangelium verkündigt haben im[12] Heiligen Geist, der vom Himmel gesandt ist, in welche Dinge Engel hineinzuschauen begehren. (1Th 1:5)
Heiliger Wandel der durch das Blut Christi Erlösten
13Deshalb umgürtet die Lenden eurer Gesinnung, seid nüchtern und hofft völlig auf die Gnade, die euch gebracht wird in[13] der Offenbarung Jesu Christi! (Lu 12:35; Lu 21:34; Eph 6:14; 1Th 5:8; 2Ti 4:5; 1Pe 4:7)14Als Kinder des Gehorsams passt euch nicht den Begierden an[14], die früher in eurer Unwissenheit ⟨herrschten⟩, (Eph 4:18)15sondern wie der, welcher euch berufen hat, heilig ist, seid auch ihr im ganzen Wandel heilig! (Isa 6:3; 1Th 4:3; 2Pe 3:11)16Denn es steht geschrieben: »Seid heilig, denn ich bin heilig.« (Le 11:44; Le 19:2; Heb 12:14)17Und wenn ihr den als Vater anruft, der ohne Ansehen der Person nach eines jeden Werk richtet, so wandelt die Zeit eurer Fremdlingschaft[15] in Furcht! (Ps 89:27; Ac 10:34; Heb 12:28; Re 2:23)18Denn ihr wisst, dass ihr nicht mit vergänglichen Dingen, mit Silber oder Gold, erlöst worden seid von eurem eitlen[16], von den Vätern überlieferten Wandel, (Isa 52:3; Eze 20:18)19sondern mit dem kostbaren Blut Christi als eines Lammes ohne Fehler und ohne Flecken. (Mt 20:28; Joh 1:29; Ac 20:28; Ga 4:5; Heb 9:14)20Er ist zwar im Voraus vor Grundlegung der Welt erkannt, aber am Ende der Zeiten offenbart worden um euretwillen, (Ac 2:23; Ro 16:25; Eph 1:4)21die ihr durch ihn an Gott glaubt, der ihn aus den Toten auferweckt und ihm Herrlichkeit gegeben hat, sodass euer Glaube und eure Hoffnung auf Gott ⟨gerichtet⟩ ist. (Joh 12:44; Ac 2:24; Eph 1:20; Heb 13:20)22Da ihr eure Seelen durch den Gehorsam gegen die Wahrheit zur ungeheuchelten Bruderliebe gereinigt habt, so liebt einander anhaltend, aus reinem Herzen! (Joh 13:34; Joh 15:3; Ro 12:9; 1Jo 3:19; 1Jo 4:7; 1Jo 5:1)23Denn ihr seid wiedergeboren[17] nicht aus vergänglichem Samen, sondern aus unvergänglichem, durch das lebendige und bleibende Wort Gottes. (Lu 8:11; Joh 1:13; Heb 4:12; 1Pe 1:3)24Denn »alles Fleisch ist wie Gras und alle seine Herrlichkeit wie des Grases Blume. Das Gras ist verdorrt, und die Blume ist abgefallen; (Ps 103:15; Jas 1:10)25aber das Wort des Herrn bleibt in Ewigkeit[18].« Dies aber ist das Wort, das euch als Evangelium verkündigt worden ist. (Isa 40:6; Mt 5:18; Eph 1:13)
1 Peter 1
King James Version
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,2Elect 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.3Blessed be the God and 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,4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:11Searching 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.12Unto 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 the angels desire to look into.13Wherefore 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;14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.17And 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:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.