1Now I’m talking to you Christian leaders there. I am also a leader. I was with Jesus Christ too. I saw him get trouble. I saw the people blame him by telling lies and then they killed him. But, later, he will show everyone that he is great, and I will be there too and I will be happy there with him.
2You church leaders have to look after God’s people. He gave you this job, to look after them, so do it like a man that looks after sheep. He always looks after them properly and doesn’t let anybody hurt them. God wants you leaders to be like that. You have to look after his people and help them. So be happy while you do this job. Don’t just do it for money.
3Don’t be bossy. You have to follow Jesus properly, so they will see the things that you do, and they will follow him the same way as you do.
4Then, later, Jesus will come back, and he will be happy with your work and he will give you the prize that will last for ever. He is the leader of all of us and he looks after us properly.
5Listen, you young people, it is like this. You have to carefully listen to your Christian leaders. Don’t act smart and think you are important. Think about what we read in God’s book about people that think they are important. We read this, “Some people think they are important and always right. God is against those people. But he is good to people that don’t think about themselves like that.”
6God is great and powerful, so remember that you are little, and you aren’t important at all. Wait for him, and at the right time he will show everybody that he respects you.
7God loves you and he is looking after you, so tell him about everything that makes you sad, or angry, or worried, and trust him to look after you properly.
8You have to think clearly and watch out for your enemy, the big boss devil, He is like a wild animal going around and looking for somebody to kill and eat. You have to watch out carefully and don’t listen to him.
9Don’t be frightened of him but keep trusting Jesus very much. Remember, you are not alone. All over the world Christians are getting trouble just like you are. People fight them because they follow Jesus.
10But trouble doesn’t last for ever. After you have trouble for a short time God will make you strong and give you power, so you can trust him properly. God is very good. He picked you out to join you up with Jesus Christ, so in the end you will be very great with Jesus for ever.
11God is very powerful now, and he will keep being very powerful for ever. That’s true.
12This is just a short letter to you. Silas helped me write it. He is our Christian brother and he follows Jesus properly. I want you to be happy and strong, so I’m writing this letter to you. And I want you to remember that God is very good, so keep thinking about how good he is. Then you will keep on trusting him.
13The people here in the church in Babylon say hello to you. God has made them his family, just like you. Do you remember Mark? He is here with me and he is like a son to me. He says hello to you too.
14Whenever you meet together, show each other that you love each other as Christian brothers and sisters. I ask God to make all you Christians very happy. From Peter
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