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1 Peter 1:3-4 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 1 · verses 3–4
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,1 Peter 1:3-4 · King James Version
1 Peter 1:3-4 in context
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:23
- 1 John 5:4
- Romans 15:13
- Titus 3:4-6
- Ephesians 1:7
- 2 Corinthians 1:3
- Romans 12:12
- 1 John 3:3
- Revelation 21:27
- Hebrews 9:15
- 1 Peter 5:4
- 2 Timothy 4:8
Key words (Strong's)
- incorruptibleaphthartosuncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable, of things, immortal, of the…G862 →
- inheritanceklēronomiaan inheritance, property received by inheritance, what is given to one as a possession…G2817 →
- undefiledamiantosnot defiled, unsoiled, free from that by which the nature of a thing is deformed and…G283 →
- abundantpolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
- reservedtēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
- Blessedeulogētosblessed, praisedG2128 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
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We come now to the body of the epistle, which begins with, I. A congratulation of the dignity and happiness of the state of these believers, brought in under the form of a thanksgiving to God. Other epistles begin in like manner, Co2 1:3; Eph 1:3. Here we have, 1. The duty performed, which is blessing God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-5