1 Peter 1:5

1:5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 2:4

A Living Stone, a Chosen People

2:4 So as you come to him, ¹  a living stone rejected by men but ²  chosen and priceless ³  in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:10

2:10 You ⁴  once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, ⁵  but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 3:4

3:4 but the inner person ⁶  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

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¹ tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.

² tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.

³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁴ tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁵ sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.

⁶ tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.