diff --git a/61-1PE/01.usfm b/61-1PE/01.usfm index 788a1cd3..286f5f25 100644 --- a/61-1PE/01.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/01.usfm @@ -1,48 +1,46 @@ - - \s5 \c 1 \p \v 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, -\v 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying of the Holy Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ, and for the sprinkling of his blood. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase. +\v 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the dedication of the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ, and for the sprinkling of his blood. May grace and peace be fully yours. \b \s5 \p -\v 3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed. In his great mercy, he gave to us a new birth for the confidence of an inheritance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead— -\v 4 for an inheritance that will not perish, will not become stained, and will not fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you. -\v 5 By God's power you are protected through faith for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last times. +\v 3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed. In his great mercy, he gave us a new birth for the confidence of an inheritance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ones; +\v 4 for an inheritance that will not perish, it will not become stained, and it will not fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you. +\v 5 You are protected by the power of God, through faith, for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. \s5 -\v 6 You rejoice in this, even though now it is necessary for you to feel sorrow in many different trials. -\v 7 This is so that your faith may be tested, faith that is much more precious than gold, which perishes in the fire that tests your faith. This occurs so that your faith will be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. +\v 6 You are very glad in this, even though it is now necessary for you to feel sadness in many different trials. +\v 7 This is to prove the genuiness of your faith; more precious than god wich perishes, even if it is tested by fire. This happens so that your faith will be found to result in praise, glory, and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ. \s5 -\v 8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and you are very glad with unspeakable joy that is full of glory. +\v 8 You love whom you have not seen. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and you are very glad with unspeakable, glorious joy. \v 9 You are now receiving for yourselves the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. \v 10 The prophets searched and inquired carefully about this salvation, about the grace that would be yours. \s5 -\v 11 They searched to know what kind of salvation was coming. They also searched to know what time the Spirit of Christ in them was talking to them about. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow him. -\v 12 It was revealed to the prophets that they were serving these things, not for themselves, but for you—the telling of these things through those bringing the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things that even angels desire to be revealed. +\v 11 They searched to know what and when the Spirit of Christ in them was talking about to them. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glories after that. +\v 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving for themselves, but you—the telling of these things through those bringing the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things that even angels desire to be revealed. \s5 \p -\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober in your thinking. Have complete confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. -\v 14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you had no knowledge. +\v 13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be in complete control of yourselves. Have confidence in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. +\v 14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant. \s5 -\v 15 But as the one who called you is holy, you, too, be holy in all your behavior in life. +\v 15 But as the one who called you is holy, you, too, be holy in your whole life. \v 16 For it is written, "Be holy, because I am holy." -\v 17 And if you call as "Father" the one who judges impartially according to each person's work, spend the time of your journey in reverence. +\v 17 And if you call the one who judges without bias—according to each person's work—"Father", live the time of your journey in reverence. \s5 -\v 18 You know that it was not with silver or gold—perishable things—that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers. -\v 19 But you have been redeemed with the honored blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. +\v 18 You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers, +\v 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, who is like a lamb without blemish and without spot. \s5 -\v 20 Christ was chosen before the foundation of the world, but now in these last times, he has been revealed to you. -\v 21 You believe in God through him, whom God raised from the dead ones and to whom he gave glory so that your faith and confidence are in God. +\v 20 Christ was chosen before the foundation of the world, but now he has been revealed to you in these last times. +\v 21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead ones and to whom he gave glory so that your faith and confidence are in God. \v 21 You believe in God through him, whom God raised from the dead ones and to whom he gave glory so that your faith and confidence are in God. \s5 @@ -52,12 +50,9 @@ \s5 \v 24 For -\q "all flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of grass. -\q The grass withers, and the flower falls off, +\q "all flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the grass. +\q The grass dries up, and the flower falls off, \q \v 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever." \m -This is the message that was proclaimed as the gospel to you. - - - +This message is the gospel to you.