1 Peter 1:20

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Eph 1:4 : 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;
  • Col 1:26 : 26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
  • 2 Tim 1:9-9 : 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, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.
  • Titus 1:2-3 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times; 3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • Heb 9:26 : 26 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this was God's love revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation-- the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
  • Eph 1:10 : 10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 and to make all men see what is the administration{TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"} of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
  • Prov 8:23 : 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Being small among the clans of Judah, Out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.' 26 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 {See Romans 14:23} 26 {See Romans 14:23}
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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    18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

    19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Christ;

  • 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.

  • 2 Tim 1:9-10
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    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,

    10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.

  • Eph 1:4-6
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    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,

  • 1 Pet 1:2-5
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    2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

    3 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,

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

    5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Heb 1:1-2
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    1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

    2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

  • Rom 16:25-26
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    25 {See Romans 14:23}

    26 {See Romans 14:23}

  • Titus 1:2-3
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    2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

    3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

  • 26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

  • 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

  • 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

  • 2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

  • 2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

  • 20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

  • 1 Pet 1:7-11
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    7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

    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--

    9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

    10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

    11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.

  • 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

  • Eph 1:11-12
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    11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

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

  • 9 and to make all men see what is the administration{TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"} of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

  • 5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 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--

  • 26 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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

  • 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • 29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}

  • 1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

  • 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

  • 22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,

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

  • 8 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 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.

  • 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.

  • 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;

  • 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

  • 4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.