1 Peter 1:20
foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted — Christ's —
Cross References
Proverbs 8:23From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
Acts 3:25'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;
Romans 16:25And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,
Ephesians 1:4according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
Ephesians 3:9and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,
Colossians 1:26the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to 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 →