1 Peter 1:8
1:8 You
have not seen him, but you love him. You
do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice
with an indescribable and glorious
joy,
1 Peter 1:11
1:11 They probed
into what person or time
the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ
and his subsequent glory.
1 Peter 1:17
1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here
in reverence.
1 Peter 2:5-6
2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer
spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
2:6 For it says
in scripture, “
Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:21
2:21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.
1 Peter 3:4
3:4 but the inner person
of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:6
3:6 like Sarah who obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children
when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.
1 Peter 3:18
3:18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins,
the just for the unjust,
to bring you to God,
by being put to death in the flesh
but by being made alive in the spirit.
1 Peter 3:21
3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you
– not the washing off of physical dirt
but the pledge
of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 4:1
4:1 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,
1 Peter 4:3
4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians
desire.
You lived then
in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts,
and wanton idolatries.
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
you may also rejoice and be glad.
4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory,
who is
the Spirit of God,
rests on you.