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You[a] have not seen him, but you love him. You[b] do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice[c] with an indescribable and glorious[d] joy,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:8 tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  2. 1 Peter 1:8 tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  3. 1 Peter 1:8 tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.
  4. 1 Peter 1:8 tn Grk “glorified.”

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(A) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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