1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia, 2Elect according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be multiplied. 3Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, 4To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you, 5Who are kept by
the power of God through faith unto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time.