eng_aiv Amundson Interpretive Version 1 Peter 1 Peter 1 Peter 1 Pet 1 Peter id=eng_aiv name=Amundson Interpretive Version (AIV) status=draft spec=USFM-USX 3.1.1 export=2026-11-02 char:add=translator-addition-italic char:wj=words-of-Jesus-as-received-unmapped note:f=footnotes para:r=parallel-passage-references para:d=psalm-superscriptions A Greeting from Peter (2 Peter 1:1–2) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the chosen sojourners of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,1.1 Or To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. These provinces were located in what is now Turkey. according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you⁺. A Living Hope Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One according to His great mercy having begotten us again1.3 Or having caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out from the dead, into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in the heavens for you⁺, who are being guarded in the power of God through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you⁺ exult, presently for a little while if it is being necessary, having been grieved by various trials, so that the proven genuineness of your⁺ faith, more precious than gold, which is perishing though being proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor1.7 RP and TR praise and honor and glory in the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom, not having seen,1.8 BYZ not having known you⁺ love, in whom, presently not seeing yet believing, you⁺ exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory, receiving the outcome of your⁺ faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, those having prophesied concerning the grace unto you⁺, searching into what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ in them was making evident, testifying beforehand unto the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these, to whom it was revealed that they were ministering not to themselves but to you⁺1.12 TR to us in these things, which now were proclaimed to you⁺ through those having proclaimed the gospel to you⁺ in the Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven, into which angels long to look. A Call to Holiness (Hebrews 12:14–17) Therefore having girded up the loins of your⁺ mind,1.13 Or Therefore prepare your minds for action being sober, hope completely upon the grace being brought to you⁺ in the revelation of Jesus Christ, as children of obedience, not being conformed to the passions in your⁺ former ignorance. But according as the One having called you⁺ is holy, be holy yourselves also in all your conduct, because it has been written: “You⁺ shall be holy, because I am holy.” 1.16 Leviticus 11:44–45; Leviticus 19:2 And if you⁺ call on as Father the One judging impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves in fear in the time of your⁺ sojourn, knowing that were you⁺ redeemed from your⁺ futile conduct handed down from your fathers, not with perishable things—with silver or with gold— but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest in the last times on account of you⁺, who through Him are believers in God, the One having raised Him out from the dead and having given Him glory, so as for your⁺ faith and hope to be in God. The Enduring Word (Isaiah 40:6–8) Having purified your⁺ souls in the obedience of the truth1.22 BYZ and TR include through the Spirit. unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another earnestly, out of a pure heart,1.22 SBL, NE, and WH from the heart having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by the word of God, living and abiding,1.23 BYZ and TR include forever. because, “All flesh is like grass, and all the glory of it like a flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell off, 1.24 BYZ and TR of man but the word of the Lord remains to the age.”1.25 Isaiah 40:6–8 And this is the word having been proclaimed as good news to you⁺. The Living Stone and Chosen People (Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; Ephesians 2:19–22) Therefore, having put off all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil-speakings, like newborn babies, long for the reasonable, unspoiled milk, so that in it you⁺ may grow up into salvation,2.2 RP does not include into salvation. if you⁺ tasted that the Lord is good. Coming to Him, a living stone, indeed rejected by men but chosen and precious with God, you yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one believing on Him shall never be put to shame.” 2.6 Isaiah 28:16 (see also LXX) Therefore the preciousness is to you⁺ who are believing. But to those disbelieving, “The stone that those building rejected, this became into the head of the corner,” 2.7 Psalm 118:22 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 2.8 Isaiah 8:14 But you⁺ are a chosen kindred, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you⁺ may proclaim the excellencies of the One having called you⁺ out of darkness into His marvelous light, who once were not a people, but now are the people of God—those not having received mercy, but now having received mercy. 2.10 Hosea 2:23 Beloved, I exhort you, as foreigners and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly desires, which war against the soul, having your⁺ conduct among the Gentiles good, so that wherein which they speak against you⁺ as evildoers, out of having witnessed the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation. Submission to Authorities (Romans 13:1–7) Be in subjection2.13 BYZ and TR include therefore. to every human creation because of the Lord, whether to the king as being supreme, or to governors as being sent by him for punishment to evildoers and praise to doers of good, because the will of God is this: doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men, as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God. Honor everyone: love the brotherhood,2.17 Or Love the brotherhood of believers fear God, honor the king. Servants, be subject in all fear2.18 Or with all respect to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked. For this is grace, if because of conscience toward God, anyone bears up under griefs, suffering unjustly. For what kind of renown is it if sinning and being battered, you⁺ shall endure? But if doing good and suffering, you⁺ shall endure, this is grace with God. Christ’s Example of Suffering (Isaiah 53:1–8) For to this you⁺ were called, because Christ also suffered for you⁺,2.21 BYZ and TR for us leaving you⁺ an example so that you⁺ should follow after His footsteps: “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth.” 2.22 Isaiah 53:9 Who, being reviled, was not reviling in return; suffering, was not threatening, but He was giving Himself up to the One judging justly, who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that, having been dead to sins, we might live to righteousness, “by whose stripes you⁺ were healed.”2.24 Isaiah 53:4 (see also LXX) 2.24 Isaiah 53:5 For “you⁺ were like sheep going astray,” but now you⁺ returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your⁺2.25 Isaiah 53:6 souls. 2.25 F35 our Wives and Husbands (Song of Solomon 1:1–17; Ephesians 5:22–33) Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if any are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without word by the conduct of the wives, having witnessed your⁺ respectful, pure conduct, whose adornment let not be the external, of braiding of hair and putting around of gold or putting on of garments, but the hidden man of the heart, in the imperishable quality of the gentle and quiet3.4 WH quiet and gentle spirit, which is of great worth before God. For in this way formerly the holy women also hoping in God used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom you⁺ became children, doing good and not fearing any terror. Husbands do likewise, dwelling with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker vessel, with the female, rendering honor as co-heirs also of the grace of life, in order for your⁺ prayers not to be hindered. Turning from Evil Now the end: All be single-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,3.8 BYZ and TR courteous not giving back evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary blessing, because3.9 BYZ and TR blessing, knowing that to this you⁺ were called, so that you⁺ should inherit a blessing. For, “The one wanting to love life and to see good days, let him stop the tongue from evil, and the lips not speak deceit. And let him turn away from evil, and let him do good; let him seek peace and let him pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears toward their prayer. But the face of the Lord is on those doing evil.” 3.12 Psalm 34:12–16 (see also LXX) And who is the one who will do evil to you⁺ if you⁺ should be zealous3.13 BYZ and TR imitators of for that which is good? Suffering for Righteousness But even if you⁺ should suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. “And you⁺ should not be afraid of their fear, nor should you⁺ be troubled.” 3.14 Or “Do not fear their threats; do not be shaken.” Isaiah 8:12 But in your⁺ hearts sanctify Christ as Lord,3.15 BYZ and TR But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. This sentence may also be included with the quotation from the previous verse; see Isaiah 8:13. always ready for a defense to everyone who is asking you⁺ an account concerning the hope in you⁺, but with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that in that which they speak against you⁺,3.16 BYZ and TR include as evildoers. they shall be put to shame—those reviling your⁺ good conduct in Christ. For it is better to suffer doing good, if the will of God wills it, than doing evil, because Christ also suffered3.18 NE and WH died once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that He might bring you⁺3.18 GOC, F35, and TR us to God, having been put to death indeed in the flesh, but having been made alive in the Spirit, in whom3.19 Or in the Spirit, 19in which also, having gone, He preached to the spirits in prison at one time having disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, of the ark being prepared, in which a few—that is, eight souls—were saved through water, which also corresponds to the baptism now saving you⁺,3.21 BYZ and TR us not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the demand3.21 Or appeal for of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him. Living for God’s Glory (1 Corinthians 10:23–33) Therefore, Christ having suffered4.1 BYZ and TR include for us. in the flesh, you⁺ also arm yourselves with the same mind, because the one having suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer to men’s lusts, but to the will of God. For the time past is sufficient4.3 BYZ and TR for sufficient to us is the past time of life to have carried out the intent of the Gentiles, having walked in debaucheries, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousings, and unlawful idolatries. In this, they think it strange of you⁺ not running with them into the same overflow of dissipation, slandering, who will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For unto this the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead,4.6 Or to those who are now dead so that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but they might live according to God in the spirit. Now the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sound-minded and be sober unto prayers, before all things having fervent love among yourselves because love covers a multitude of sins, 4.8 See Proverbs 10:12 hospitable to one another without grumbling, just as each received a gift, ministering it to each other as good stewards of the manifold grace of God: if anyone speaks, as oracles of God; if anyone ministers, as out of strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages.4.11 F35 power to the ages Amen. Suffering as Christians Beloved, do not think strange the fiery ordeal among you⁺ taking place for a trial to you⁺, as if a strange thing were happening to you⁺. But as you⁺ share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also in the revelation of His glory you⁺ may rejoice, exulting. If you⁺ are reproached in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you⁺.4.14 BYZ and TR include in regard, indeed, to them, is evil spoken of Him, and in regard to you, He is glorified. For let not any of you⁺ suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler, but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.4.16 NA28, BYZ, and TR glorify God in this matter For it is the time for the judgment to have begun from the house of God; and if from us first, what will be the end of those being disobedient to the gospel of God? And, “If the righteous one is saved with difficulty, where will appear the ungodly and sinner?” 4.18 Proverbs 11:31 (see also LXX) Therefore also, those suffering according to the will of God, let them commit their souls to the faithful Creator in doing good. Instructions to Elders (1 Timothy 3:1–7; Titus 1:5–9) I exhort5.1 NA27, SBL, TH, NE, and WH include therefore the elders among you⁺ as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God among you⁺, exercising oversight,5.2 NE and WH do not include exercising oversight. not under compulsion but willingly according to God;5.2 WH, BYZ and TR do not include according to God and not for shameful gain but eagerly, not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And on the Chief Shepherd having been made manifest, you⁺ will receive the unfading crown of glory. Cast Your Cares on Him Likewise, younger ones, be subject to your elders. And all, gird on humility to one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”5.5 BYZ and TR with humility, being subject to one another 5.5 Proverbs 3:34 (see also LXX) Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you⁺ in due time, having cast all your⁺ anxiety on Him, because with Him there is care about you⁺. Be sober-minded; be alert.5.8 F35 and TR include because Your⁺ adversary the devil prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom to swallow up, whom you⁺ should resist, firm in the faith, knowing the same sufferings in your⁺ brotherhood to be experienced in the world. Benediction and Farewell And the God of all grace, the One having called you⁺ to His eternal glory in Christ,5.10 BYZ and TR in Christ Jesus having suffered a little while, He Himself will complete, will confirm, will strengthen, and will establish you. To Him be5.11 BYZ and TR include the glory and. the power to the ages of the ages.5.11 NA and WH do not include of the ages. Amen. Through Silvanus,5.12 That is, Silas the faithful brother as I reckon him, I wrote to you⁺ through few words, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God, in which you⁺ stand. She in Babylon5.13 Or The church in Babylon chosen with you greets you⁺, and my son Mark. Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you⁺ all who are in Christ.5.14 BYZ and TR in Christ Jesus. Amen.