1 Peter 1:4

American Standard Version (1901)

unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
  • Col 1:5 : 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up, and to give [you] the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
  • 1 Cor 15:52-54 : 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Gal 3:18 : 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
  • Eph 1:14 : 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .
  • 1 Cor 9:25 : 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!
  • Isa 40:7-8 : 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

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  • 1 Pet 1:5-9
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    5who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

    7that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

    9receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.

  • 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • 5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

  • 14which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

  • 24Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

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    17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

    18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

    19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

    21who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

    23having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

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    13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

    14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:

  • 2 Pet 1:3-4
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    3seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

    4whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.

  • 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

  • 11for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • 21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  • 4And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

  • 7that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Eph 1:3-4
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    3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

    4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

  • 18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • 1 Cor 1:7-8
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    7so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

    8who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  • 12giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

  • 2in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

  • 7to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

  • 10And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

  • 3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 14That good thing which was committed unto [thee] guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

  • 18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Heb 6:18-19
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    18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

    19which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

  • 14that thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • 50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

  • 2 Tim 1:9-10
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    9who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

    10but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

  • 13to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

  • 20For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

  • 8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

  • 1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • 12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.