1 Peter 1:2

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling ¹  with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! ² 

1 Peter 1:11

1:11 They probed ³  into what person or time ⁴  the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ ⁵  and his subsequent glory. ⁶ 

1 Peter 1:13

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ⁷  by being fully sober, and set your hope ⁸  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁹ 

1 Peter 2:5

2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer ¹⁰  spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ¹¹  – not the washing off of physical dirt ¹²  but the pledge ¹³  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:1

4:1 So, since Christ suffered ¹⁴  in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, ¹⁵ 

1 Peter 4:13-14

4:13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed ¹⁶  you may also rejoice and be glad. ¹⁷  4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ¹⁸  who is the Spirit of God, ¹⁹  rests ²⁰  on you.

1 Peter 5:1

Leading and Living in God’s Flock

5:1 So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

¹ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

² tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

³ tn Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.

⁴ tn Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment.

⁵ tn Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.

⁶ tn Grk “the glories after these things.”

⁵ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

⁶ tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

⁷ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

⁷ tn Grk “unto a holy priesthood to offer.”

⁹ tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.

¹¹ tn Or “response”; “answer.”

¹¹ tc Most mss (א² A P Ï) add ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν (Juper Jhmwn, “for us”); others (א* 69 1505 pc) add ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν (Juper Jumwn, “for you”), the first hand of א also has ἀποθανόντος (apoqanonto", “since he died”) instead of παθόντος (paqonto", “since he suffered”). But the reading without ὑπὲρ ἡ/ὑμῶν best explains the rise of the other readings, for not only is there confusion as to which pronoun belongs here, but the longer readings, being clarifications, are evidently motivated readings. The shortest reading is found in important and early Alexandrian and Western witnesses (Ì⁷² B C Ψ 0285 323 1739) and is strongly preferred.

¹² sn Has finished with sin. The last sentence in v. 1 may refer to Christ as the one who suffered in the flesh (cf. 2:21, 23; 3:18; 4:1a) and the latter part would then mean, “he has finished dealing with sin.” But it is more likely that it refers to the Christian who suffers unjustly (cf. 2:19-20; 3:14, 17). This shows that he has made a break with sin as vs. 2 describes.

¹³ tn Grk “in the revelation of his glory.”

¹⁴ tn The verb “be glad” is used also in 1:6 and 1:8. The verbs of v. 13b are used together in Matt 5:12 and Rev 19:7.

¹⁵ tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì⁷² B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.

¹⁶ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

¹⁷ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.