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CHOSEN

Since you call on a Father Who judges each man’s work impartially, live

your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not

with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed

from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but

with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these

last times for your sake. Through Him you believe in God, Who raised Him

from the dead and glorified Him, and so your faith and hope are in … Continue Reading

GREATLY REJOICE

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living

hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-

kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by

God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to

be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though

now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds

of trials. These have come so that your faith- of greater worth

than … Continue Reading