1 Peter 1:4
Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that can not fade, reserved in heaven for you,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:7The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
Matthew 25:34Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Acts 26:18To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Ephesians 1:14Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise 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 →