1 Peter 1:4
for an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heavens for you,
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Isaiah 40:7The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of LORD blows upon it. Surely the people is grass.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance is from law, it is no longer from promise. But God has given it to Abraham through promise.
Ephesians 1:14which is a pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquired possession, for appreciation of his glory.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:4-6
Privileges of Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 3 Blessed 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, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. We come now to the body of the epistle, which begins with, I. A congratulation of… Read the whole commentary →