【1Pet1:3】Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
【1Pet1:4】to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
【1Pet1:5】who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
【1Pet1:6】In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
【1Pet1:7】that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
【1Pet1:8】whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
【1Pet1:9】receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
【Heb11:1】Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
【Eph2:12】that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
【1Cor15:14】And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
【1Pet1:1】Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
【Jud1:24】Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,And to present you faultlessBefore the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
【1Sam1:10】And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
【Isa43:1】But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,And He who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by your name;You are Mine.
【Isa43:2】When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,Nor shall the flame scorch you.
【Heb12:2】looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.