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 3:4

3:4 but the inner person ³  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Peter 4:14

4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ⁴  who is the Spirit of God, ⁵  rests ⁶  on 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 “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

⁷ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.