1 Peter 1:20

Foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but made manifest at a last stage of the times, for the sake of you

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One,—

21who, through him, are faithful towards God,—Who raised him from among the dead, and glory to him gave, So that your faith and hope are directed towards God:

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:23At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

Acts 3:25Ye, are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham—And, in thy seed, shall be blessed, all the families of the ground.

Romans 16:25Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad-message—even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age-past times kept silent,

Ephesians 1:4According as he made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; in love,

Ephesians 3:9And to bring to light—what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create:

Colossians 1:26The sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages and from the generations, but, now, hath been made manifest unto 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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