1 Peter 1:4

To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you,

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

In Context

3Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death,

5Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:7The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse.

Matthew 25:34Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde.

Galatians 3:18For yf the inheritauce be of the lawe, then not nowe of promise: But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise.

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 →

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