1 Peter 1:3
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness begot us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
4to an incorruptible inheritance, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved for you in the heavens,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:15And he says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who spoke by His mouth with my father David, and by His hand has fulfilled [it], saying,
1 Chronicles 29:20And David says to all the assembly, “Now bless your God YHWH”; and all the assembly blesses YHWH, God of their fathers, and bows and pays respect to YHWH and to the king.
Psalms 41:13Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, || From age to age. Amen and Amen.
Psalms 86:5For You, Lord, [are] good and forgiving, || And abundant in kindness to all calling You.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, || For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, || And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
John 1:13who were begotten, not of blood, nor of will of flesh, nor of will of man, but of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:2-3
First Peter Two epistles we have enrolled in the sacred canon of the scripture written by Peter, who was a most eminent apostle of Jesus Christ, and whose character shines brightly as it is described in the four Gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles, but, as it is painted by the papists and legendary writers, it represents a person of extravagant pride and ambition. It is certain from scripture that Simon Peter was one of the first of those whom our Lord called to be his disciples and followers, that he was a… Read the whole commentary →