1 Peter 1:5

for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.

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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

4given us the new life of undying hope, that promises an inheritance, imperishable, stainless, unfading, which has been reserved for you in heaven –

6At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;

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Cross References

Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves justice, he does not forsake his friends. The unrighteous will be destroyed forever, and the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, that cannot be moved, but abides forever.

John 4:14but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him will become a spring welling up within him – a source of eternal life.”

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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