1. Peter, apostle of Jesus, the Christ, to the strangers scattered in Pontus, in Galatia, in Cappadocia, in Asia, and in Bithynia,
2. chosen (according to the foreknowledge of God the Father) in sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, the Christ, Grace and peace, be multiplied unto you.
3. Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,
4. unto the incorruptible inheritance that cannot be defiled and that does not fade away, conserved in the heavens for you,
5. who are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.
6. In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,
7. that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;
8. whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
9. receiving the end of your faith, even the saving health of your souls.