1 Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia, and Bithunia,
2 chosen according to the foreknowledge of Elohim the Father, set apart by the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of יהושע Messiah: Favour and peace be increased to you.
3 Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who according to His great compassion has caused us to be born again to a living expectation through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah from the dead,
4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in the heavens for you,
5 who are protected by the power of Elohim through belief, for a deliverance ready to be revealed in the last time,
6 in which you exult, even though for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by manifold trials,