1 Peter 1:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

📖 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 did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,
• Heb 12:24 : 24 and to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,
• Acts 2:23 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,
• 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!
• John 15:16-19 : 16 `Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you. 17 `These things I command you, that ye love one another; 18 if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; 19 if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and `from' the Lord Jesus Christ!
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, `is' with you all! Amen.
• Eph 1:4-5 : 4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love, 5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Heb 10:22 : 22 may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;
• Heb 11:28 : 28 by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
• Col 3:12 : 12 Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that `is' in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.
• Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that `is' according to piety,
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,
• Heb 9:19-22 : 19 for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle, 20 saying, `This `is' the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,' 21 and both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner he did sprinkle, 22 and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.
• Rom 11:5-7 : 5 So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been; 6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work. 7 What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,
• Rom 11:28 : 28 As regards, indeed, the good tidings, `they are' enemies on your account; and as regards the choice -- beloved on account of the fathers;
• Rom 15:16 : 16 for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Rom 16:19 : 19 for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;
• Rom 16:26 : 26 and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith --
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,
• 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
• Rom 8:13 : 13 for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.
• Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God `is' He that is declaring righteous,
• Rom 9:23-24 : 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us -- 24 not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
• Acts 15:18 : 18 `Known from the ages to God are all His works;
• Acts 20:32 : 32 and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;
• Deut 7:6 : 6 for a holy people `art' thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who `are' on the face of the ground.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
• Isa 65:9 : 9 And I have brought out from Jacob a seed, And from Judah a possessor of My mount, And possess it do My chosen ones, And My servants do dwell there.
• Isa 65:22 : 22 They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree `are' the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.
• Dan 4:1 : 1 `Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great!
• Dan 6:25 : 25 Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: `Your peace be great!
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.
• Matt 24:31 : 31 and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;
• Mark 13:27 : 27 and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.
• Luke 18:7 : 7 and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;
• 2 John 1:1 : 1 The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,
• 2 John 1:13 : 13 salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.
• Jude 1:2 : 2 kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!