1 Peter 1:4
into an imperishable and undefiled and unfading inheritance, already reserved in the heavens for you,
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Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you at the foundation of the world.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’
1 Corinthians 9:25All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance were of law, it would no longer be of promise, but God granted it to Abraham by promise.
Ephesians 1:14who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to 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 →