1 Peter 1:4
to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
5who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Cross References
Matthew 25:34Then will the king say to them 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, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that enters the lists is temperate in all things: they indeed do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance be from the law, it is no more from the promise: whereas God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance, till the redemption of his purchased 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 →