1 Peter 1:4
To an imperishable and undefiled inheritance, that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
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Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance along with those who are sanctified by faith in me.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who competes is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown; but we an imperishable.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance is based on the law, then it is no longer based on a promise: but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
Ephesians 1:14Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession, 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 →