1 Peter 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κατὰ πρόγνωσιν Θεοῦ Πατρός, ἐν ἁγιασμῷ Πνεύματος, εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ: χάρις ὑμῖν, καὶ εἰρήνη, πληθυνθείη.

Transliteration

According to prognōsin of Theou Patros, in hagiasmō of Pneumatos, for hypakoēn and rhantismon of haimatos of Iēsou Christou: charis to you, and eirēnē, may be plēthyntheiē.

Grammar Details

• *prognōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - object of preposition
• *Theou Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive/source
• *hagiasmō*: dative, masculine, singular - sphere/means
• *Pneumatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - source/agent
• *hypakoēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - purpose/goal
• *rhantismon*: accusative, masculine, singular - purpose/goal
• *haimatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - source/material
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive/source
• *charis*: nominative, feminine, singular - subject
• *eirēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - subject
• *plēthyntheiē*: aorist, passive, optative, 3rd person, singular - wish/desire

Word Meanings

• *prognōsin*: foreknowledge/predetermination
• *hagiasmō*: sanctification/holiness/setting apart
• *Pneumatos*: Spirit/breath
• *hypakoēn*: obedience/submission
• *rhantismon*: sprinkling/purification ritual
• *haimatos*: blood/bloodshed
• *charis*: grace/favor/blessing
• *eirēnē*: peace/harmony/welfare
• *plēthyntheiē*: be multiplied/increased/abound

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
• Heb 12:24 : 24 And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
• Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
• 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
• John 15:16-19 : 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you. 17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another. 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
• Eph 1:4-5 : 4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love: 5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
• Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.
• Col 3:12 : 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
• Heb 9:19-22 : 19 For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people, 20 Saying, This blood is the sign of the agreement which God has made with you. 21 And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way. 22 And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.
• Rom 11:5-7 : 5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace. 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace. 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
• Rom 11:28 : 28 As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
• Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
• Rom 16:19 : 19 For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
• 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
• Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
• Rom 8:33 : 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
• Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
• Acts 15:18 : 18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
• Isa 65:9 : 9 And I will take a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah one who will have my mountains for a heritage: and the people I have taken to be mine will have it for themselves, and my servants will have their resting-place there.
• Isa 65:22 : 22 They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands.
• Dan 4:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.
• Dan 6:25 : 25 And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
• Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.
• Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
• 2 John 1:1 : 1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
• 2 John 1:13 : 13 The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.
• Jude 1:2 : 2 May mercy and peace and love be increased in you.