1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

2to them who have been chosen, by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the Messiah: May grace and peace abound towards you.

4and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;

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Cross References

John 1:13who are born, not of blood, nor of the pleasure of the flesh, nor of the pleasure 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 →

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