1. Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia, and Bithunia,
2. chosen according to the foreknowledge of Elohim the Father, set apart by the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of יהושע Messiah: Favour and peace be increased to you.
3. Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who according to His great compassion has caused us to be born again to a living expectation through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah from the dead,
4. to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in the heavens for you,
5. who are protected by the power of Elohim through belief, for a deliverance ready to be revealed in the last time,
6. in which you exult, even though for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by manifold trials,
7. in order that the proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire – might be found to result in praise and respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,
8. whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,