1 Peter 1:8

1:8 You ¹  have not seen him, but you love him. You ²  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ³  with an indescribable and glorious ⁴  joy,

1 Peter 1:13

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ⁵  by being fully sober, and set your hope ⁶  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁷ 

1 Peter 2:10

2:10 You ⁸  once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, ⁹  but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 4:13

4:13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed ¹⁰  you may also rejoice and be glad. ¹¹ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ² tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ³ tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “glorified.”

[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).

[2:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:10]  ¹⁰ sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.

[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.