1 Peter 1:4
for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say to those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Acts 26:18to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more by promise; but to Abraham God gave it freely by promise.
Ephesians 1:14which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, 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 →