1 Peter 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
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.
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358841× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253219× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- εἰςeisG151918× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- σύsýG477118× in this chapter
thou
- ἐνenG172214× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- ΧριστόςChristósG55479× in this chapter
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
- αὐτόςautósG8469× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- διάdiáG12238× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- ὅςhósG37397× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- δέdéG11616× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- θεόςtheósG23166× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- ἸησοῦςIēsoûsG24246× in this chapter
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
- ἐκekG15375× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἅγιοςhágiosG405× in this chapter
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
- δόξαdóxaG13914× in this chapter
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
- εἰμίeimíG15104× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- κατάkatáG25964× in this chapter
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- ὅτιhótiG37544× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- οὐouG37564× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- πίστιςpístisG41024× in this chapter
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
- πνεῦμαpneûmaG41514× in this chapter
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
- ὡςhōsG56134× in this chapter
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
- ἀλλάalláG2353× in this chapter
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
- πᾶςpâsG39563× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- πατήρpatḗrG39623× in this chapter
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- σωτηρίαsōtēríaG49913× in this chapter
rescue or safety (physically or morally)
- ὑπακοήhypakoḗG52183× in this chapter
attentive hearkening, i.e. (by implication) compliance or submission
- χάριςchárisG54853× in this chapter
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
- χόρτοςchórtosG55283× in this chapter
a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation
- αἷμαhaîmaG1292× in this chapter
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
- διότιdiótiG13602× in this chapter
on the very account that, or inasmuch as
- εἰeiG14872× in this chapter
if, whether, that, etc.
- αἰώνaiṓnG1652× in this chapter
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
- ἐλπίςelpísG16802× in this chapter
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
- ἐπίepíG19092× in this chapter
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- ἔσχατοςéschatosG20782× in this chapter
farthest, final (of place or time)
- εὐαγγελίζωeuangelízōG20972× in this chapter
to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel
- ἀγαλλιάωagalliáōG212× in this chapter
properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult
- ζάωzáōG21982× in this chapter
to live (literally or figuratively)
- ἤḗG22282× in this chapter
disjunctive, or; comparative, than