1 Peter 1:2

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling ¹  with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! ² 

1 Peter 1:13

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ³  by being fully sober, and set your hope ⁴  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁵ 

1 Peter 2:5

2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer ⁶  spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ⁷  – not the washing off of physical dirt ⁸  but the pledge ⁹  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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¹ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

² tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

³ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

⁴ tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

⁵ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

⁶ tn Grk “unto a holy priesthood to offer.”

⁷ tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁸ tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.

⁹ tn Or “response”; “answer.”