1 Peter 1:20

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

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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 precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

Acts 3:25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’

Ephesians 1:4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Ephesians 3:9and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

Colossians 1:26the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

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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