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 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 ¹⁰  in reverence.

1 Peter 3:4

3:4 but the inner person ¹¹  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Peter 4:3

4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ¹²  desire. ¹³  You lived then ¹⁴  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ¹⁵  and wanton idolatries. ¹⁶ 

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 ¹⁷  you may also rejoice and be glad. ¹⁸  4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ¹⁹  who is the Spirit of God, ²⁰  rests ²¹  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 Peter 5:9-10

5:9 Resist him, ²²  strong in your faith, because you know ²³  that your brothers and sisters ²⁴  throughout the world ²⁵  are enduring ²⁶  the same kinds of suffering. ²⁷  5:10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ ²⁸  will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. ²⁹ 

[1:2]  ¹ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

[1:2]  ² tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

[1:11]  ³ tn Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.

[1:11]  ⁴ tn Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment.

[1:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.

[1:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “the glories after these things.”

[1:13]  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.

[1:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

[1:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

[1:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).

[3:4]  ⁹ 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.

[4:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[4:3]  ¹² tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

[4:3]  ¹³ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

[4:3]  ¹⁴ tn According to BDAG 857 s.v. πότος the term refers to a social gathering at which wine is served, hence “drinking parties” (cf. TEV, NASB). However, the collocation with the other terms in v. 4 suggests something less sophisticated and more along the lines of wild and frenzied drinking bouts.

[4:3]  ¹⁵ tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.

[4:13]  ¹³ tn Grk “in the revelation of his glory.”

[4:13]  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.

[4:14]  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.

[4:14]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

[4:14]  ¹⁷ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.

[5:9]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “whom,” referring to the devil in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:9]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “knowing,” a participle that usually denotes a reason for the related action.

[5:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “your brotherhood.” The Greek term “brotherhood” is used in a broad sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 19 s.v. ἀδελφότης 1). Another alternative translation would be “your fellow believers,” though this would weaken the familial connotations. This same word occurs in 2:17; there it has been translated “family of believers.”

[5:9]  ²⁰ tn Grk “your brotherhood in the world,” referring to the Christian community worldwide.

[5:9]  ²¹ tn This verb carries the nuance “to accomplish, complete,” emphasizing their faithful endurance in suffering. The verb is passive in Greek (“suffering is being endured by your brotherhood”), but has been translated as an active to give a smoother English style.

[5:9]  ²² tn Grk “the same things of sufferings.”

[5:10]  ¹⁹ tc ‡ A few important mss (א B 614 630 1505 pc) lack “Jesus” after “Christ,” while the majority include the name (Ì⁷² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï latt). However, the inclusion is a natural and predictable expansion on the text. NA²⁷ includes ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity. .

[5:10]  ²⁰ tn The pronoun “you” is not used explicitly but is clearly implied by the Greek.