1 Peter 1:20

1 Peter 1:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• New International Version (NIV)He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
• New King James Version (NKJV)He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

Context of 1 Peter 1:20

18For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you. 21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,

1 Peter 1:20 word by word

προεγνωσμένου μὲν πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, φανερωθέντος δὲ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χρόνων δι᾽ ὑμᾶςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who verilyμένmen · on the other handG3303
• was foreordainedπρογινώσκωproginōskō · to know/chooseG4267
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• the foundationκαταβολήkatabolē · beginningG2602
• of the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• butδέde · thenG1161
• was manifestφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• these lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• timesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• timesχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:20

• Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
• Proverbs 8:23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.
• Micah 5:2Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
• Romans 3:25God presented him as the mercy seat by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
• Romans 16:25Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
• Ephesians 3:9and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
• Colossians 1:26the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has 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 time began.
• Revelation 13:8All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.
• Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.
• 1 John 1:2that life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us —
• 1 John 3:5You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins, and there is no sin in him.
• 1 John 4:9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
• Galatians 4:4When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the right time — to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Who verily was foreordained - · Foreknown; appointed in the Divine purpose to be sent into the world, because infinitely approved by the Divine justice. Before the foundation of the world - Before the law was given, or any sacrifice prescribed by it. Its whole sacrificial system was appointed in reference to this foreappointed Lamb, and consequently from him derived all its significance and virtue. The phrase , foundation of the world, occurs often in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world - That is, it was foreordained, or predetermined, that he should be the great stoning Sacrifice for sin. On the meaning of the word “foreordained,” ( ́ proginōskōsee Romans 8:29. The word is rendered which knew, Acts 26:5; foreknew and foreknow, Romans 8:29; Romans 11:2; foreordained, 1 Peter 1:20; and know before, 2 Peter 2:17. It does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. The sense is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan takes him captive at his will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20With Christ’s coming, God is fulfilling Old Testament promises of redemption, and the last days have begun.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. God's eternal foreordination of Christ's redeeming sacrifice, and completion of it in these last times for us, are an additional obligation on us to our maintaining a holy walk, considering how great things have been thus done for us. Peter's language in the history corresponds with this here: an undesigned coincidence and mark of genuineness. Redemption was no afterthought, or remedy of an unforeseen evil, devised at the time of its arising. God's…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings