1 Peter 1:3
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:15And he saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who spake by His mouth with David my father, and by His hand hath fulfilled [it], saying,
1 Chronicles 29:20And David saith to all the assembly, 'Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king.
Psalms 41:13Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
Psalms 86:5For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
Isaiah 26:19'Thy dead live — My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
John 1:13who — not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but — of God were begotten.
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 →