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:

who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

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,

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,