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 \v 1 I, Peter, whom Jesus Christ made an apostle, am writing this letter to you who believe in him, you whom God has chosen to belong to himself. I am writing to you who live in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, far away from your true home in heaven.
-\v 2 God our Father chose you as he himself decided previously, and his Spirit has set you apart in order that you may obey Jesus Christ, and in order that his blood may make you acceptable to God. May God act very kindly to you, and may he make you live more and more peacefully.
+\v 2 God our Father chose you as he himself decided previously, and his Spirit has set you apart so that you may obey Jesus Christ and his blood may make you acceptable to God. May God act very kindly to you, and may he make you live more and more peacefully.
 
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 \v 7 These hardships happen in order to prove that you really do trust in Jesus. This means more to God than all the gold in the world, which fire can destroy. Because you trust in Jesus, God will honor you very highly when Jesus Christ comes again.
 
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-\v 8 Though you have not seen Jesus, you love him. And though you do not see him now, you trust in him and you rejoice very much with the joy that no words can express; a joy that is full of glory.
-\v 9 And now you are receiving the goal of your trust in God, which is, the salvation of your souls.
+\v 8 Though you have not seen Jesus, you love him. And though you do not see him now, you trust in him and you rejoice very much with the joy that no words can express—a joy that is full of glory.
+\v 9 And now you are receiving the goal of your trust in God, which is the salvation of your souls.
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-\v 10 Long ago prophets spoke messages that God had shown them about how he would one day save you. They investigated very carefully these things.
+\v 10 Long ago prophets spoke messages that God had shown to them about how he would one day save you. They investigated these things very carefully.
 
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-\v 11 The prophets wanted to know what person and time Christ's Spirit within them was referring to. They also wanted to know about how the Christ would suffer and die, and the glorious things that would come after his suffering and death.
-\v 12 God told the prophets long ago that it was not for their own sake that he was revealing these things to them, but that he was also revealing these things to you, who lived must later than the prophets. The prophets were telling you ahead of time about the gospel, the same gospel that has been preached to you by the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven. Even angels desired to know about this message that the prophets, and now the apostles, have proclaimed to you. 
+\v 11 The prophets wanted to know to what person and time Christ's Spirit within them was referring. They also wanted to know about how the Christ would suffer and die and about the glorious things that would come after his suffering and death.
+\v 12 God told the prophets long ago that it was not for their own sakes that he was revealing these things to them, but that he was also revealing these things to you who lived must later than the prophets. The prophets were telling you ahead of time about the gospel, the same gospel that has been preached to you by the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven. Even angels desired to know about this message that the prophets, and now the apostles, have proclaimed to you. 
 
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 \v 14 And because you should obey your heavenly Father just as children ought to obey their fathers here on earth, do not do the evil deeds that you did before you trusted in God, at that time when you did not know the truth about God.
 
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-\v 15 Instead, just like God, the one who chose you to belong to him, is holy, you also must be holy in everything that you do.
-\v 16 Be holy, because it is written in the scriptures that God said, "You must be holy because I am holy."
+\v 15 Instead, just like God—the one who chose you to belong to him—is holy, you also must be holy in everything that you do.
+\v 16 Be holy because it is written in the scriptures that God said, "You must be holy because I am holy."
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 \v 17 God is the one who judges what each one does, and he does this very fairly. Since you call him "Father," behave in a right way while you are living here on earth. You are like people whom others have driven from their homes, because you are living away from heaven, your true home.
 
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-\v 18 For your know that God did not purchase you from the empty way of life that you learned from your ancestors. God did not purchase you with precious metals like silver or gold that are valuable today, but will lose all their value in the end.
+\v 18 For your know that God did not purchase you from the empty way of life that you learned from your ancestors. God did not purchase you with precious metals like silver or gold that are valuable today but will lose all their value in the end.
 \v 19 Instead, God purchased you with the precious blood of Christ that flowed from his body when he died. Christ was like a perfect lamb that had no blemish or spot.
 
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 \v 22 Because you have obeyed the truth about God and have allowed him to make you pure and to love our fellow believers, continue to love each other earnestly and sincerely.
-\v 23 I ask you to do this because you now are living a new life. It was not by means of something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was by means of something that will last forever: The promises of God, which you have believed.
+\v 23 I ask you to do this because you now are living a new life. It was not by means of something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was by means of something that will last forever—the promises of God, which you have believed.
 
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 \v 24 We know that this is true because, as the prophet Isaiah wrote,
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 \v 4 Come to the Lord Jesus. He is like the most important stone in the foundation of a building, but he is living, not lifeless like a stone. Many people rejected him, but God chose him and considers him to be very valuable.
-\v 5 And just like men build houses with stones, God is joining you together like a building in which his Spirit lives. He is doing this in order that you—like the priests who offer sacrifices at the altar, might do things that please God because Jesus Christ has died for you.
+\v 5 And just like men build houses with stones, God is joining you together like a building in which his Spirit lives. He is doing this so that you—like the priests who offer sacrifices at the altar—might do things that please God because Jesus Christ has died for you.
 
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 \v 6 What the scriptures say show us that this is true: "I am placing in Jerusalem someone who is like a very valuable stone, the most important stone in the building, and those who believe in him will never become ashamed."
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  "The stone that the builders rejected has become the most important stone in the building."
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 \v 8 It is also written in the scriptures:
-\q "He will be like a stone that causes people to stumble,
+\q "He will be like a stone that causes people to stumble
 \q and like a rock that people trip over."
 \p Just as people are injured when they stumble over a rock,
 \q people who disobey God's message injure themselves.
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-\v 9 But you are people God has chosen to belong to him. You are people who are set apart to worship just like the priests worship him. You are the people that belong to God, so that you might proclaim the wonderful things he has done for all his people. He has called you away from the sinful lives you used to live, and he has brought you out of darkness so you could live in the light he, the marvelous light that shines on everything we do.
+\v 9 But you are people God has chosen to belong to him. You are people who are set apart to worship him just as the priests worship him. You are the people that belong to God so that you might proclaim the wonderful things he has done for all his people. He has called you away from the sinful lives you used to live, and he has brought you out of darkness so that you could live in the marvelous light that shines on everything we do.
 \v 10 What the scriptures say is true about you:
 \q "Formerly, you were no people at all,
-\q But now you are God's people.
+\q but now you are God's people.
 \q At one time God had not acted mercifully toward you,
-\q But now he has acted mercifully toward you."
+\q but now he has acted mercifully toward you."
 
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-\v 11 Because you are people that I love, I urge you to think about this: You are like foreigners whose real home is in heaven. So you should not do the sinful things you used to want to do, because if you do them, you will not be able to live well with God.
+\v 11 Because you are people that I love, I urge you to think about this: You are like foreigners whose real home is in heaven. So you should not do the sinful things you formerly wanted to do because if you do them, you will not be able to live well with God.
 \v 12 Keep behaving in a good way among those who do not know God. If you do that, although they may say that you do what is evil, they will see that you are doing good things, and at the time when God comes to judge everyone, they will honor him.
 
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 \v 14 It also includes governors because God sends them to punish those who do what is wrong and to praise those who do what is right.
 \v 15 What God wants is for you to do good. If you do that, you will cause foolish people who do not know God to be unable to say that you have done wrong.
 \v 16 Behave as though you were free from having to obey any master, but do not think that you can do evil because of that. Instead, behave as servants of God should.
-\v 17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Honor God, and honor the king.
+\v 17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all of your fellow believers. Honor God and honor the king.
 
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 \v 18 You slaves who are believers, submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who act in a good and kind way toward you, but also submit yourselves to those who act in a harsh way toward you.
-\v 19 You should do that because God is pleased with those who know what he wants and obey him, and who, for this reason, accept to suffer pain because their masters treat them unjustly.
+\v 19 You should do that because God is pleased with those who know what he wants and obey him and those who for this reason accept to suffer pain because their masters treat them unjustly.
 \v 20 God will certainly not be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and then they beat you for that. But if you do what is good and still suffer harm, you are suffering for doing what is good. If you endure that, God will praise you.
 
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-\v 21 When Christ suffered for you he became an example for you, so that you would follow in his steps and live your life like he lived his life.
-\v 22 Remember how Christ conducted himself,
+\v 21 When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you so that you would follow in his steps and live your life as he lived his life.
+\v 22 Remember how Christ conducted himself:
 \q "He never sinned,
 \q and he never said anything to deceive people."
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-\v 24 He himself endured the punishment for our sins in his body when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning and start living rightly.
+\v 24 He himself endured the punishment for our sins in his body when he died on the cross so that we would stop sinning and start living rightly.
 \p It is because they wounded him that God has healed you.
 \v 25 Truly you were like sheep that had become lost, but now you have returned to Jesus, who cares for you as a shepherd cares for his sheep.
 
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-\v 1 You women believers should submit yourselves to your husbands. Do this in order that if any of them do not believe the message about Christ, they may become believers without your having to say anything to them.
-\v 2 They will believe in Christ when they see that you honor them and that you are completely faithful to them.
+\v 1 You women believers should submit yourselves to your husbands. Do this so that if any of them do not believe the message about Christ, they may become believers without your having to say anything to them.
+\v 2 They will believe in Christ when they see that you honor them and are completely faithful to them.
 
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-\v 3 You women believers should not only show your beauty by the way you wear your hair, or by gold jewelry and beautiful clothes you put on.
-\v 4 Your beauty should not only be seen in what you wear on the outside, but even more, your beauty should come from your inner self. That is the beauty that lasts and will not fade, and it is a beauty that has a humble and quiet attitude. That is the kind of beauty which God considers to be very valuable.
+\v 3 You women believers should not only show your beauty by the way you wear your hair or by gold jewelry and beautiful clothes you put on.
+\v 4 Your beauty should not only be seen in what you wear on the outside, but, even more, your beauty should come from your inner self. That is the beauty that lasts and will not fade, and it is a beauty that has a humble and quiet attitude. That is the kind of beauty that God considers to be very valuable.
 
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 \v 5 The women who lived long ago and honored God made themselves beautiful in this way. They trusted in God and they obeyed their husbands.
-\v 6 Sarah, for example, obeyed her husband Abraham and called him master. God will consider you to be her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers.
+\v 6 Sarah, for example, obeyed her husband Abraham and called him "master." God will consider you to be her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers.
 
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 \v 8 To end this part of my letter, I say to all of you, agree with each other in what you think. Be sympathetic toward each other. Love each other as members of the same family should. Act compassionately toward each other. Be humble.
-\v 9 When people do evil things to you or insult you, do not do the same to them. Instead, ask God to help them, because that is what you have been chosen by God to do, in order that he may help you.
+\v 9 When people do evil things to you or insult you, do not do the same to them. Instead, ask God to help them because that is what you have been chosen by God to do so that he may help you.
 
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 \v 10 Consider what the psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives:
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 \v 11 They must continually refuse to do evil, and they must do what is good.
 \q They must try to help people act peacefully toward each other;
-\q they must earnestly urge people to act in a peaceful way,
+\q they must earnestly urge people to act in a peaceful way
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 \v 12 because the Lord accepts what righteous people do.
 \q He listens to righteous people when they pray, and he answers them.
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 \v 13 Who is going to harm you if you are making every effort to do what is good?
-\v 14 But even if you suffer because you did what was right, God will bless you. "Do not be afraid of the things that other fear; and do not be troubled when people treat you badly."
+\v 14 But even if you suffer because you did what was right, God will bless you. "Do not be afraid of the things that others fear, and do not be troubled when people treat you badly."
 
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-\v 15 Instead, acknowledge in your inner beings that Christ is your master, whom you love. Always be ready to answer anyone who demands that you tell them about what you are confidently expecting God to do for you. But answer them humbly and respectfully,
-\v 16 and make sure that you do nothing wrong, in order that those who speak evil about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because you are joined to Christ.
+\v 15 Instead, acknowledge in your inner beings that Christ is your master whom you love. Always be ready to answer anyone who demands that you tell them about what you are confidently expecting God to do for you. But answer them humbly and respectfully,
+\v 16 and make sure that you do nothing wrong, so that those who speak evil about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because you are joined to Christ.
 \v 17 It may be that God wants you to suffer. If so, it is better to do good deeds, even if you suffer for doing them, than to do evil deeds.
 
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-\v 18 I say that because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that he might bring us to God. During the time that he had an ordinary body, he was killed, but God's Spirit caused him to become alive again.
+\v 18 I say that because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died so that he might bring us to God. During the time that he had an ordinary body, he was killed, but God's Spirit caused him to become alive again.
 \v 19 The Spirit also enabled him to go proclaim God's victory to the evil spirits whom God had imprisoned.
 \v 20 Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, those evil spirits disobeyed God when he waited patiently to see if people would turn from their evil behavior. Only a few people were saved in that boat. Specifically, God brought only eight persons safely through the waters of the flood, while all the others drowned in it.