[1Pet 1]
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed be ¹the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹Or, God and the Father See Ro 15:6; 2Co 1:3, 11:31; Ep 1:3, and their footnotes.

1:4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last season.
1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold ²trials,

²Or, temptations,

1:7 that the ³proving of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

³p⁷² 1852 almost alone read approval

1:8 whom not ⁴having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy indescribable and ⁵full of glory:

⁴So p⁷²Bℵ 1739 1852 322 cop^sa vg arm. Aψ 1241 1243 2344 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo read seeing
⁵Gk. glorified:

1:9 receiving the end of ⁶your faith, even the salvation of souls.

⁶B cop^sa almost alone omit your

1:10 Concerning which salvation prophets sought and searched diligently, those who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1:11 searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings ⁷of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

⁷Gk. for or, unto

1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that ⁸preached the gospel unto you ⁹by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

⁸Gk. brought good tidings Also in vs. 25. Compare Mt 11:5.
⁹ ℵC 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read in

1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, ¹⁰be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that ¹¹is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹⁰Or, be perfectly sober and set your hope on
¹¹Gk. is being brought unto you

1:14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
1:15 but ¹²like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

¹²Or, like the Holy One who called you,

1:16 because it is written, ¹³Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

¹³Lv 11:44f.; 19:2; 20:7.

1:17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
1:18 knowing that ye were ransomed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:
1:20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the last of the times for your sake,
1:21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth¹⁴ unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another ¹⁵from a pure heart fervently:

¹⁴So p⁷²BAℵCψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 33 322 and 25 lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo arm. 2298 and 464 still lesser Gk. mss., vg add through the spirit
¹⁵BA 1852 vg almost alone read from the heart Compare 1Tm 1:5.

1:23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word ¹⁶of God, which liveth and abideth.

¹⁶Or, of God who liveth Compare Dan 6:26.

1:24 For, ¹⁷All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

¹⁷Is 40:6ff.

1:25 But the ¹⁸word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

¹⁸Gk. saying (both times)

[1Pet 2]
2:1 Putting away therefore all ¹⁹wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

¹⁹Or, malice, 1Co 14:20.

2:2 as newborn babes, long for the ²⁰spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

²⁰Gk. belonging to the reason Cf. Ro 12:1 footnote.

2:3 if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
2:4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, ²¹precious,

²¹Or, honorable, And similarly in vs. 6.

2:5 ye also, as living stones, are built up ²²a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up ²³spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

²²Or, to be a spiritual house for a holy priesthood,
²³p⁷² alone omits sacrifices ℵ alone omits spiritual

2:6 Because it is contained in ²⁴scripture, ²⁵Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on ²⁶him shall not be put to shame.

²⁴Or, in a scripture,
²⁵Is 28:16.
²⁶Or, it

2:7 ²⁷For you therefore that believe is the ²⁸preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, ²⁹The stone which the builders rejected, The same became the head of the corner;

²⁷Or, In your sight therefore
²⁸Or, honor:
²⁹Ps 118:22.

2:8 and, ³⁰A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; ³¹for they ³²stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

³⁰Is 8:14.
³¹Gk. who
³²Or, stumble, being disobedient to the word:

2:9 But ye are to be an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
2:10 who in time past were no people, but now are a people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:12 having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
2:13 Be subject to every ³³ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to a king, as supreme;

³³Gk. creation

2:14 or unto governors, as sent ³⁴by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

³⁴Gk. through him

2:15 For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
2:16 as free, and not ³⁵using the freedom for a cloak of ³⁶wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

³⁵Gk. having
³⁶Or, malice

2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
2:18 ³⁷Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse.

³⁷Gk. Household-servants,

2:19 For this is ³⁸acceptable,³⁹ if for conscience ⁴⁰toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

³⁸Gk. grace Also in vs. 20.
³⁹So p⁷²BAℵ and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo vg. C (ψ 2344 33) 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 322 arm add from God
⁴⁰So Bℵ and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop vg. Cψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 322 arm read of what is good p⁷² 81 read of the goodness of God A* 2344 33 read of God’s goodness

2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
2:21 For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also ⁴¹suffered ⁴²for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

⁴¹p⁸¹ℵψ and 62 lesser Gk. mss., arm read died (Compare with ch. 3:18.)
⁴²So p⁷²BAℵCψ 1739 1852 1241 vg arm. 1881 33 322 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read for us, leaving you 1243 2344 cop^bo read for us, leaving us

2:22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
2:23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed ⁴³himself to him that judgeth righteously:

⁴³Or, his cause

2:24 who his own self ⁴⁴bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose ⁴⁵bruise ye were healed.

⁴⁴Or, carried up ... to the tree, Cf. Col 2:14; 1Macc. 4:53 (Apocrypha, Gk. Septuagint).
⁴⁵Or possibly, sripes Cf. Is 53:5 (Gk. Septuagint).

2:25 For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and ⁴⁶Bishop of your souls.

⁴⁶Gk. Overseer

[1Pet 3]
3:1 In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the ⁴⁷behavior of their wives;

⁴⁷Or, manner of life And in vss. 2, 16.

3:2 beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
3:3 Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;
3:4 but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of the meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
3:5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own ⁴⁸husbands:

⁴⁸Or, husbands (as Sarah ... ye are become), doing well, and not being afraid.

3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye became, if ye do well, and are not ⁴⁹put in fear by any terror.

⁴⁹Or, afraid with

3:7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor ⁵⁰unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the ⁵¹grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

⁵⁰Gk. unto the female vessel, as weaker,
⁵¹Aℵ cop^bo read manifold grace of life; p⁷² virtually alone reads grace of eternal life;

3:8 Finally, be ye all likeminded, ⁵²compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, ⁵³humbleminded:

⁵²Gk. sympathetic,
⁵³So p⁷²BAℵCψ 1739 1852 and 108 lesser Gk. mss., cop vg (arm). 366 lesser Gk. mss. read courteous:

3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
3:10 For, ⁵⁴He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

⁵⁴Ps 34:12ff.

3:11 And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
3:14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, ⁵⁵neither be troubled;

⁵⁵1852 reads and be not troubled; p⁷²B omit neither be troubled;

3:15 but sanctify in your hearts ⁵⁶Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

⁵⁶So p⁷²BAℵCψ 1739 1852 1881 1243 33 cop vg arm. 1241 2344 322 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read God as Lord:

3:16 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
3:17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
3:18 Because Christ also ⁵⁷for us died for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might ⁵⁸bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

⁵⁷So (ℵ*) 1739 1852 1881 1243 2344 33 322 cop^bo. But p⁷²A(ψ) 1241 arm read for you died for sins once, And B and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read suffered for sins once, (Cf. ch. 2:21.) C*^vid cop^sa (vg) read died for our sins once, 81 reads for us suffered for sins once,
⁵⁸p⁷²Bψ 1852 1241 1243 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm. But AC 1739 1881 2344 33 322 cop^sa,bo vg read bring us ℵ* omits you

3:19 ⁵⁹in which ⁶⁰also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

⁵⁹Or, by which (preferred by Wilson’s diaglott)
⁶⁰Or, having gone even to the spirits in prison, he heralded to them 20 that etc.

3:20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being prepared, ⁶¹wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

⁶¹Or, into which few, that is, eight souls, were brought safely through the water:

3:21 ⁶²which also ⁶³in the antitype doth now save you, even baptism, not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the ⁶⁴answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

⁶²So BACψ 1739 1852 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg arm. p⁷²ℵ* cop^sa read The antitype also doth cop^bo reads which also as an antitype doth
⁶³Or, after a true likeness doth now save you,
⁶⁴Or, inquiry or, appeal or possibly, interrogation

3:22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
[1Pet 4]
4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ ⁶⁵suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same ⁶⁶mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased ⁶⁷from sin;

⁶⁵So p⁷²BCψ 1739 1881 1243 322 cop^sa vg. A (1852) 1241 2344 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., (cop^bo) arm read suffered for us in the flesh, ℵ* reads died for you in the flesh,
⁶⁶Or, thought;
⁶⁷So p⁷²Aℵ*C 1739 (1881) and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. Bψ vg read unto sins;

4:2 that ⁶⁸ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

⁶⁸Or, he no longer ... his time

4:3 For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
4:4 wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same ⁶⁹excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

⁶⁹Or, flood

4:5 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
4:6 For unto this end ⁷⁰was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

⁷⁰Or, were good tidings preached

4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto ⁷¹prayer:

⁷¹Gk. prayers:

4:8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
4:9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
4:10 according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
4:11 if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion ⁷²for ever and ever. Amen.

⁷²Gk. unto the ages of the ages.

4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing is happening unto you:
4:13 but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.
4:14 If ye are reproached ⁷³for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the ⁷⁴Spirit of glory, even the Spirit of God, ⁷⁵resteth itself upon you.

⁷³Gk. in
⁷⁴So p⁷²Bψ and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. A(ℵ*) 1739 1881 1241 1243 2344 33 322 cop^(sa),bo read Spirit of glory and power and the Spirit of God 1852 reads the name of glory and power and the name of God and the Spirit
⁷⁵So Bℵ* (A 1852 1739^mg 322) arm. p⁷² (1739^txt 1881 1241 2344 33) read hath rested itself upon you. (ψ) and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa read resteth itself upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

4:15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:
4:16 but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
4:17 For the time cometh for condemnation to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the ⁷⁶gospel of God:

⁷⁶Gk. good tidings See Mt 4:23 margin.

4:18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
4:19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
[1Pet 5]
5:1 The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
5:2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, ⁷⁷exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, ⁷⁸according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

⁷⁷So p⁷²Aψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 2344^vid and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo vg arm. Bℵ* 322 omit exercising the oversight,
⁷⁸So p⁷²Aℵ*ψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 2344^vid 33 322 cop^sa. B and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. omit according to the will of God;

5:3 ⁷⁹neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples of the flock.

⁷⁹B alone omits vs. 3.

5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5 ⁸⁰Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yes, all of you ⁸¹gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

⁸⁰Or, Likewise ... elder: yes, all of you one to another. Gird yourselves with humility
⁸¹So (p⁷²)BAℵ 1739 1852 1241 1243 2344 33 322 cop vg. 1881 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. read be subject to one another, gird yourselves with humility,

5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
5:7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
5:8 Be sober be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
5:9 whom withstand stedfast ⁸²in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are ⁸³accomplished in your ⁸⁴brethren who are in the world.

⁸²Or, in the faith,
⁸³Gk. being accomplished
⁸⁴Gk. brotherhood which is in the world.

5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself ⁸⁵perfect, establish, strengthen, ⁸⁶settle you.

⁸⁵Or, restore
⁸⁶BA(ψ 0206) vg almost alone omit settle

5:11 To him be ⁸⁷the dominion ⁸⁸for ever and ever. Amen.

⁸⁷So (p⁷²)BAψ alone, vg. ℵ and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa read the glory and the dominion 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 2344 33 322 cop^bo arm read the dominion and the glory
⁸⁸Gk. unto the ages of the ages. But p⁷²B cop^bo arm almost alone omit and ever (or, omit of the ages)

5:12 By Silvanus, ⁸⁹our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein.

⁸⁹Gk. the

5:13 ⁹⁰She that is in ⁹¹Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son.

⁹⁰That is, The church or, The sister
⁹¹ℵ arm read Babylonian church, 2138 reads Rome,

5:14 Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are ⁹²in Christ.

⁹²So BAψ 2344 almost alone. ℵ 1852 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm read in Christ Jesus. Amen. 1739* 1881 1241 1243 322 read in Christ Jesus.