1 Peter 1:3

World English Bible (2000)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
  • 2 Cor 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
  • 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • Heb 6:18-19 : 18 that 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 take hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
  • 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
  • John 3:3-8 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
  • Rom 4:25 : 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
  • Rom 5:4-5 : 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: 5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
  • Rom 5:15-21 : 15 But the free gift isn't like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. 16 The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification. 17 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. 18 So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. 19 For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous. 20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; 21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
  • 1 Kgs 8:15 : 15 He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
  • 1 Chr 29:10-13 : 10 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, "You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
  • 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 David said to all the assembly, "Now bless Yahweh your God!" All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
  • Ps 72:18-19 : 18 Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
  • John 1:13 : 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
  • Eph 2:6-9 : 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Pet 1:19-23
    5 verses
    79%

    19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

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

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

    22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

    23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

  • Eph 1:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

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

    5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

    6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

    7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

  • 1 Pet 1:4
    79%

    4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

  • 1 Pet 1:2
    78%

    2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

  • Jas 1:18
    77%

    18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

  • 2 Cor 1:3
    76%

    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

  • Rom 1:4
    75%

    4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

  • Titus 3:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

    6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

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

  • 2 Pet 1:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

    2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

    3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

  • 2 Tim 1:9
    73%

    9 who 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 to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

  • 1 Tim 1:1
    73%

    1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

  • Eph 1:17
    73%

    17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Eph 2:1
    73%

    1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

  • Eph 2:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

    5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

  • 1 Pet 3:21
    72%

    21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

  • 1 Thess 1:10
    72%

    10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

  • Col 1:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

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

    13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

  • 1 Thess 1:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

  • 2 Thess 2:16
    72%

    16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

  • 1 Pet 1:13
    72%

    13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

  • 2 Pet 1:11
    72%

    11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

  • Titus 1:2
    72%

    2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;

  • 1 Cor 1:3
    72%

    3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Col 2:12
    71%

    12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
    71%

    8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--

  • 1 John 5:1
    71%

    1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

  • Eph 1:12
    71%

    12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

  • Titus 2:13
    71%

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

  • Acts 13:33
    71%

    33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.'

  • Gal 1:4
    71%

    4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father--

  • Rev 1:5
    71%

    5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

  • Rom 6:4
    71%

    4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

  • 1 John 3:1
    71%

    1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

  • Eph 1:14
    70%

    14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.