Haweis(i)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,
5 who are guarded by the omnipotence of God, through faith to obtain the salvation which is ready to appear at the last time.
6 Wherein ye exult, though yet for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through various trials:
7 that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
8 whom though ye have not seen, ye love; on whom, though ye have not as yet gazed, yet believing, ye exult with joy unutterable and glorious:
9 receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 Concerning which salvation the prophets eagerly sought and diligently inquired, who prophesied of the grace which is come to you:
11 investigating to what time and to what conjuncture the Spirit of Christ in them pointed, when predicting the sufferings coming upon Christ, and the glories subsequent thereto.
12 To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us were their ministrations employed in the things which are now declared unto you by those who have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; on which things the angels bending forwards eagerly desire to gaze.