Review of 1P 1:8ff

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-\v 3 Praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! It is because he is kind to us and he has shown us great mercy, by causing us to experience the new birth that gives us a living hope, and we receive the new life because God raised Jesus Christ to life from the dead ones.
+\v 3 We must give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! We praise him because he is kind to us and has shown us great mercy. He gave us the new birth and a living hope because God raised up Jesus Christ from the dead.
 \v 4 He has enabled us to expect to receive things that he has kept for us in heaven, things that will last forever.
 \v 5 God, by his mighty power, is guarding you as you trust in Jesus. He is guarding you so that he may, at the end of the time in which we now live, completely rescue you from Satan's power.
 
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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 You love Jesus, although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much;
-\v 9 because you trust in him, God is saving you from the guilt of your sins.
+\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.
 
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-\v 11 They wanted to know whom the Spirit of Christ that was in them was referring to. They also wanted to know what time he was talking about. This was because the Spirit was telling them beforehand that the Christ would suffer and die, and that glorious things would happen to him afterwards.
-\v 12 God told them that it was not for their own sake that he was revealing these things to them, but that it was for your sake. They proclaimed them to you because the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven enabled them to do that. And even angels would like to know more about these truths about how God saves us.
+\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. 
 
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 \v 13 Therefore, prepare your minds to obey God. What I mean is that you should discipline your minds. Be confident that you will receive the good things that God will kindly do for you when Jesus Christ returns from heaven.
-\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 previously wished to do, when you did not know the truth about God.
+\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.