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1 Peter · read by A.W. Tozer
63 verses, in order. Only the verses A.W. read aloud are shown.
1 Peter 1
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosenRead from KJV · Contradictions - That Incredible Christian - Part 2
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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.Read from KJV · Contradictions - That Incredible Christian - Part 2
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 2): God's Abundant Mercy
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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 5)： The Defiled World and Our Undefiled Inheritance
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who through faith are shielded by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.Read from KJV · Contradictions - That Incredible Christian - Part 2
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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trialsRead from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 6): rejoice...though now...ye Are in Heaviness
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Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 9): Heart Knowledge vs. Head Knowledge
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now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 10)： Grand Mystery of the Bible (Salvation)
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Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 10): Grand Mystery of the Bible (Salvation)
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trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 10)： Grand Mystery of the Bible (Salvation)
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It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 10): Grand Mystery of the Bible (Salvation)
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Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 11)： Wherefore, Gird Up Your Minds and be Sober
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As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 12)： As Obedient Children
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But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 13): On Fashioning Ourselves as Christians
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for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 13): On Fashioning Ourselves as Christians
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: (1 Peter - Part 15): The Precious Blood, Our Only Hope
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.Read from NKJV · (1 Peter - Part 15): The Precious Blood, Our Only Hope
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He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 16)： Christ...Foreordained, Manifest
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Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 16): christ...foreordained, Manifest
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Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 17): Seeing Ye Have Purified Your Souls
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For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 20)： Ye Are A Chosen Generation
1 Peter 2
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Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 18): On Laying Aside Certain Things
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Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 18)： On Laying Aside Certain Things
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now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 19)： The Chief Cornerstone and Us Cornerstones
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As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God's sight,Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 19)： The Chief Cornerstone and Us Cornerstones
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you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 19): The Chief Cornerstone and Us Cornerstones
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 20): Ye Are a Chosen Generation
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Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 20): Ye Are a Chosen Generation
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Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 21): As Strangers & Pilgrims, Abstain From Fleshly Lusts
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Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 22)： Our Walk in the Presence of the Unsaved
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Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 23): The Christians Relation to Government
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or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 23)： The Christians Relation to Government
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For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 23): The Christians Relation to Government
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Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 24)： Venerate All God's Creation
1 Peter 3
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Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wivesRead from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 25)： On Wives and Their Place in Family Life
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but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God's sight.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 25): On Wives and Their Place in Family Life
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For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 25)： On Wives and Their Place in Family Life
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just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 25): On Wives and Their Place in Family Life
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Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 25): On Wives and Their Place in Family Life
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Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 27): Who Is He That Will Harm You?
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For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 29): False Teaching on Obscure Teaching
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in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prisonRead from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 29): False Teaching on Obscure Teaching
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who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 29)： False Teaching On Obscure Teaching
1 Peter 4
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Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 28): After Conversion, the Remainder of Your Life Should Be Different
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Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 28): After Conversion, the Remainder of Your Life Should Be Different
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For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 28): After Conversion, the Remainder of Your Life Should Be Different
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But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 28): After Conversion, the Remainder of Your Life Should Be Different
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That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.Read from KJV · How to Identify a False Cult
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Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 30): Suffering in God's Will and Out
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But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 30): Suffering in God's Will and Out
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If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 30)： Suffering In God's Will and Out
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Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 30): Suffering in God's Will and Out
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But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 30): Suffering in God's Will and Out
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For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 30)： Suffering In God's Will and Out
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And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"Read from KJV · Audio Sermon： (1 Peter - Part 30)： Suffering In God's Will and Out
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So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 30): Suffering in God's Will and Out
1 Peter 5
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As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 33): Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God
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Be shepherds of God's flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God's will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;Read from KJV · (Titus - Part 6): Set in Order the Things That Are Wanting
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not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.Read from KJV · (Titus - Part 6): Set in Order the Things That Are Wanting
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And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 33): Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God
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Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 32): On God's Sheep and Their Needs
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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 32): On God's Sheep and Their Needs
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To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 3): Behold He Cometh