1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
In Context
4Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that can not fade, reserved in heaven for you,
Cross References
Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
Psalms 37:28For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 125:1If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
Isaiah 45:17Israel is saved in the Lord with as eternal salvation: you shall not be con- founded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord.
John 4:14But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.
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 →