1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
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Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 65:9\64:10\Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
Daniel 4:1Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.
Matthew 24:22And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mark 13:22Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:2-3
First Peter Two epistles we have enrolled in the sacred canon of the scripture written by Peter, who was a most eminent apostle of Jesus Christ, and whose character shines brightly as it is described in the four Gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles, but, as it is painted by the papists and legendary writers, it represents a person of extravagant pride and ambition. It is certain from scripture that Simon Peter was one of the first of those whom our Lord called to be his disciples and followers, that he was a… Read the whole commentary →