en_tn_condensed/1pe/01/03.md

## translationWords

* [[en:tw:bless]]
* [[en:tw:bornagain]]
* [[en:tw:death]]
* [[en:tw:faith]]
* [[en:tw:heaven]]
* [[en:tw:inherit]]
* [[en:tw:lastday]]
* [[en:tw:lordgod]]
* [[en:tw:mercy]]
* [[en:tw:perish]]
* [[en:tw:resurrection]]
* [[en:tw:reveal]]
* [[en:tw:salvation]]

## translationNotes

* **our Lord Jesus Christ** - The words "our" and "us "refer to the speaker, Peter and the believers mentioned in [[en/bible/notes/1pe/01/01]]. (see [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_inclusive]])
* **he gave to us a new birth** - The writer is speaking about spiritual birth given to us only by Jesus. At: "he has made us live again." (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **for the confidence of an inheritance** - "we know that he will do for us what he has promised" (UDB)
* **reserved** - "saved for us" or "kept for us" (UDB)
* **will not become stained** - "unharmed by sin" or "sin can not harm"
* **in the last times** - "when Christ returns to earth"