1 Peter 1 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Time Period
~AD 62-64
Location
Written from Rome to believers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (regions in modern-day Turkey)
Audience
Primarily Gentile Christians living as 'exiles' and 'foreigners' throughout Asia Minor
Situation
The believers were experiencing various trials, persecution, and social marginalization because of their faith. They lived as cultural and religious outsiders in pagan society, facing insults, suffering, and pressure to conform to their former way of life.
Key Background
Peter wrote during a period of growing hostility toward Christians in the Roman Empire, possibly just before or during Nero's intensified persecution following the Rome fire of AD 64. These believers had been converted largely through Paul's missionary journeys and needed encouragement to remain faithful despite suffering. Peter emphasizes their identity as God's chosen people with a living hope through Christ's resurrection, using exile imagery that would resonate with both Jewish concepts and their current experience of social displacement.
From Peter, an of Jesus the to God's who are across Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia -- living as in those places --
chosen according to what the Father by the of to live in obedience and be cleansed by the of Jesus the One. May and overflow in your lives.
All to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the One! In his incredible he gave us a completely into a through the of Jesus the One from death.
This hope leads to an that can never be never be corrupted, and never fade away. It's being kept safe in heaven for you,
and you yourselves are being by God's power through your in him, leading to a that's ready to be revealed when the arrives.
This fills you with even though right now you may have to go through various painful for a little while.
These trials prove that your is genuine -- and that is worth far more than gold, which is tested by fire but still eventually falls apart. Your will result in praise, and honor when Jesus the One is
You him even though you've never seen him. You trust in him even though you can't see him right now. And you are filled with a joy so incredible and that words can't capture it,
because you are receiving the of your trust: the of your very
The searched and investigated this rescue intensely -- the ones who spoke about the that was meant for you.
They were trying to figure out what person or what time the of the within them was pointing to when it predicted the One's and the glories that would follow.
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you -- they were serving future generations. And now what they predicted has been announced to you through people who shared the with you by the Breath of God sent from heaven. Even are their to a at these things.
So for Put complete hope in the generous favor that will be given to you when Jesus the One is revealed.
As don't let yourselves be shaped by the you used to chase when you didn't know any better.
Instead, just as the one who called you is completely and you also should be and in every part of your lives.
Because it is "Be set apart, because I am set apart."
And if you call on a Father who judges each person's work then live with a for him during your time as here.
You know that it wasn't with things that fall apart -- silver or gold -- that you were from the of your ancestors passed down to you.
No, it was with the of the One -- like a without any defect or flaw.
He was the of the was laid, but was revealed in these for your sake.
Through you now in God, who from and gave so that your and hope are anchored in God.
Now that you have very by living out the truth -- resulting in for brothers and sisters -- each other from the heart, and mean it.
You have been -- not from a that decays, but from one that can never decay -- through the and of God.
Because: "All human life is like and all its is like a wildflower. The dries up and the flower drops off,
but the word of the Lord And this word is the that was announced to you.