To elect pilgrims
1 Πέτρος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς Πόντου, Γαλατίας, Καππαδοκίας, Ἀσίας καὶ Βιθυνίας,[Peter evidently expected his letter to have a rather wide distribution!]
Begotten into an incorruptible inheritance
3 Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦελεος αυτου f35 𝕻72 048 [38%] ¦ ∼ 21 ℵA,B,C [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 [2%] (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx and has the earliest attestation. ‘His great mercy’ or ‘His great mercy’, which?) ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν, 4 εἰς κληρονομίαν ἄφθαρτον καὶ ἀμίαντον καὶ ἀμάραντον, τετηρημένην ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς,υμας f35 ℵA,B,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ημας 𝕻72v [5%] TR (Some TRs, including the one underlying the AV, have υμας.)
Genuineness of faith proved by testing
6 Ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν,εστιν f35 𝕻72A,C [98.6%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP [NU]ECM ¦ --- ℵB [1.4%] λυπηθέντεςλυπηθεντες f35 𝕻72A,B,C [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ λυπηθεντας ℵ [23.5%] ECM ¦ two other variants ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς,