1 Peter 1:20

Which was ordeyned beforehande, euen before the worlde was made, but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes:

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

In Context

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:

21Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God:

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:23I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made.

Romans 16:25To hym that is of power to stablisshe you, according to my Gospell, and preachyng of Iesus Christe, by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began,

Colossians 1:26The misterie hyd sence the worlde began, and [sence the begynnyng of] generations: but nowe is opened to his saintes:

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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