1 Peter 1

Blessed are you, my God and the father of my Lord Jesus Christ. By your grace and power you predestined me, and you elected me to be sanctified by your Holy Spirit for obedience. You saw to it that I was cleansed by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace are multiplied to me. According to your abundant mercy, father, you have begotten me again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Now I am an heir to an inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled; an inheritance that will never fade away; that is kept in heaven for me.

In all this I greatly rejoice even though sometimes in this life I suffer various trials. In this world the genuineness of my faith is tested.

Lord, keep yourself strong in me that I always am found to the praise and honor and glory of my Lord Jesus Christ.