1 Peter 1 Free Bible Version
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1 This letter comes from Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, and is sent to God's chosen people: exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
1 PEDRO, apóstol de Jesucristo, á los extranjeros esparcidos en Ponto, en Galacia, en Capadocia, en Asia, y en Bithinia,
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 You were chosen by God the Father in his wisdom, made holy by the Spirit, so that you might obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. May you have grace and peace more and more!
2 Elegidos según la presciencia de Dios Padre en santificación del Espíritu, para obedecer y ser rociados con la sangre de Jesucristo: Gracia y paz os sea multiplicada.
2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through his great mercy we have been born again and given a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
3 Bendito el Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que según su grande misericordia nos ha regenerado en esperanza viva, por la resurrección de Jesucristo de los muertos,
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 This inheritance is eternal, it never spoils or fades, and it is kept safe in heaven for you.
4 Para una herencia incorruptible, y que no puede contaminarse, ni marchitarse, reservada en los cielos
4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
5 Through your trust in him, God will protect you by his power until salvation arrives—the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the last day.
5 Para nosotros que somos guardados en la virtud de Dios por fe, para alcanzar la salud que está aparejada para ser manifestada en el postrimero tiempo.
5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 So be glad about this, even though you may be sad for a short while as you endure various trials.
6 En lo cual vosotros os alegráis, estando al presente un poco de tiempo afligidos en diversas tentaciones, si es necesario,
6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,
7 These prove that your trust in God is genuine, just as fire is used to prove if gold is genuine—even though that too can be destroyed—and your faith is more valuable than gold! In this way your trust in God will be recognized and you will receive praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ appears.
7 Para que la prueba de vuestra fe, mucho más preciosa que el oro, el cual perece, bien que sea probado con fuego, sea hallada en alabanza, gloria y honra, cuando Jesucristo fuere manifestado:
7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you cannot see him now, you trust in him and you're filled with wonderful, indescribable happiness.
8 Al cual, no habiendo visto, le amáis; en el cual creyendo, aunque al presente no lo veáis, os alegráis con gozo inefable y glorificado;
8 whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,
9 Your reward for trusting in him is that you will be saved!
9 Obteniendo el fin de vuestra fe, [que es] la salud de [vuestras] almas.
9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 It was this salvation that the prophets searched for and investigated when they spoke of the grace that was prepared for you.
10 De la cual salud los profetas que profetizaron de la gracia que había de venir á vosotros, han inquirido y diligentemente buscado,
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
11 They tried to find out when and how this would take place, for the Spirit of Christ inside them spoke clearly about Christ's sufferings and glory to come.
11 Escudriñando cuándo y en qué punto de tiempo significaba el Espíritu de Cristo que estaba en ellos, el cual prenunciaba las aflicciones que habían de venir á Cristo, y las glorias después de ellas.
11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them.
12 It was explained to them that they were not doing this for themselves, but for you—since what they spoke about you've now learned from those who shared the good news with you by the Holy Spirit that heaven sent. Even the angels are eager to find out about all this!
12 A los cuales fué revelado, que no para sí mismos, sino para nosotros administraban las cosas que ahora os son anunciadas de los que os han predicado el evangelio por el Espíritu Santo enviado del cielo; en las cuales desean mirar los ángeles.
12 To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
13 Make sure your minds are in gear. Be clear-headed. Fix your hope exclusively on the grace you'll be given when Jesus is revealed.
13 Por lo cual, teniendo los lomos de vuestro entendimiento ceñidos, con templanza, esperad perfectamente en la gracia que os es presentada cuando Jesucristo os es manifestado:
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
14 Live like children who do what they're told. Don't allow yourselves to be shaped by your former sinful desires when you didn't know any better.
14 Como hijos obedientes, no conformándoos con los deseos que antes teníais estando en vuestra ignorancia;
14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
15 Now you need to be holy in everything you do, just as the one who called you is holy.
15 Sino como aquel que os ha llamado es santo, sed también vosotros santos en toda conversación:
15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,
16 As Scripture says, “You are to be holy, for I am holy.”
16 Porque escrito está: Sed santos, porque yo soy santo.
16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 Since you call him Father, and recognize he judges everyone impartially based on what they do, take your time here on earth seriously, respecting him.
17 Y si invocáis por Padre á aquel que sin acepción de personas juzga según la obra de cada uno, conversad en temor todo el tiempo de vuestra peregrinación:
17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
18 You already know that you were not set free from your pointless way of living that you inherited from your forefathers by things that don't have lasting value, like silver or gold.
18 Sabiendo que habéis sido rescatados de vuestra vana conversación, la cual recibisteis de vuestros padres, no con cosas corruptibles, [como] oro ó plata;
18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
19 You were set free by the costly blood of Christ, who was like a lamb with no flaw or defect.
19 Sino con la sangre preciosa de Cristo, como de un cordero sin mancha y sin contaminación:
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
20 He was chosen before the world was created, but he was revealed in these last days for your benefit.
20 Ya ordenado de antes de la fundación del mundo, pero manifestado en los postrimeros tiempos por amor de vosotros,
20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
21 Through him you trust in God who raised him from the dead, and glorified him, so that you could have confidence and hope in God.
21 Que por él creéis á Dios, el cual le resucitó de los muertos, y le ha dado gloria, para que vuestra fe y esperanza sea en Dios.
21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Now that you've dedicated yourselves by following the truth, love each other sincerely like a true family.
22 Habiendo purificado vuestra almas en la obediencia de la verdad, por el Espíritu, en caridad hermanable sin fingimiento, amaos unos á otros entrañablemente de corazón puro:
22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
23 You've been born again, not the product of a mortal “seed,” but immortal, through the living, eternal word of God.
23 Siendo renacidos, no de simiente corruptible, sino de incorruptible, por la palabra de Dios, que vive y permanece para siempre.
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
24 For: “All people are like grass, and all their glory like wildflowers. The grass withers and the flowers fall.
24 Porque Toda carne es como la hierba, y toda la gloria del hombre como la flor de la hierba: secóse la hierba, y la flor se cayó;
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.” This word is the good news that was explained to you.
25 Mas la palabra del Señor permanece perpetuamente. Y esta es la palabra que por el evangelio os ha sido anunciada.
25 but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 1:1; Acts 2:5–11; Hebrews 11:13; Ephesians 2:19; 1 Peter 2:11
- 2 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Ephesians 1:4–5; Hebrews 12:24; 1 Peter 1:22; Romans 11:2
- 3 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 5:4; Romans 15:13; Titus 3:4–6; Ephesians 1:7
- 4 Revelation 21:27; Hebrews 9:15; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 4:8; Matthew 25:34
- 5 Philippians 1:6; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 8:31–39; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; John 10:28–30
- 6 James 1:2; 1 Peter 5:10; Romans 12:12; Romans 5:2; Matthew 5:12
- 7 Job 23:10; James 1:12; Isaiah 48:10; 1 Peter 4:12; James 1:3–4
- 8 John 20:29; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Romans 15:13; Hebrews 11:1; John 16:22
- 9 Romans 6:22; James 1:21; Hebrews 11:13
- 10 Matthew 13:17; Luke 10:24; Daniel 2:44; Luke 24:25–27; John 5:39
- 11 2 Peter 1:21; Isaiah 52:13–14; Luke 24:25–27; Romans 8:9; Acts 26:22–23
- 12 John 15:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:25; Hebrews 11:39–40
- 13 1 Peter 5:8; Luke 12:35; 1 Peter 4:7; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 3:15
- 14 Romans 12:2; Titus 3:3–5; 1 Peter 4:2–3; Ephesians 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:5
- 15 Matthew 5:48; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Hebrews 12:14; James 3:13; Ephesians 5:1–2
- 16 Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7
- 17 Acts 10:34–35; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Philippians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Matthew 6:9
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:20; Titus 2:14; Psalm 49:7–8; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 1:4
- 19 1 John 1:7; 1 Peter 2:22–24; John 1:29; Hebrews 9:12–14; Revelation 5:9
- 20 Ephesians 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:9–10; Hebrews 9:26; Revelation 13:8; Hebrews 1:2
- 21 Acts 2:24; John 12:44; Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 7:25; Acts 2:32–33
- 22 1 Timothy 1:5; Hebrews 13:1; Romans 12:9–10; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 4:12
- 23 1 Peter 1:3; Hebrews 4:12; John 1:13; John 6:63; John 3:3
- 24 Isaiah 40:6–8; Psalm 103:15; James 4:14; James 1:10–11; Psalm 37:2
- 25 Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; Psalm 119:89; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; 1 John 1:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sins suffered even unto death, [but] "whom God raised from the dead, having loosed the bands of the grave." "In whom, though now ye see Him not, ye believe, and believing, rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;" into which joy many desire to enter, knowing that "by grace ye are saved, not …
Admirable sophists, and explorers of the sublimities of the unknown Father, and rehearsers of those super-celestial mysteries "which the angels desire to look into!" --that they may learn that from the Nous of that Father who is above all, the Word was produced blind, that is, ignorant of the Father who produced him!
… God destroy." "Let no man deceive himself." But perhaps a man will say, "My soul is the temple of God, not my body," and will add this testimony also, "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass." Unhappy interpretation!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For if we call on Him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, let us pass the time of our sojourning here in fear, loving not the world, neither the things that are in the world: for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"Wherefore, girding up your loins," "serve the Lord in fear" and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and "believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory," and a throne at His right hand.