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

18knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21who through Him are believers 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 your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,

1 Peter 1:20 word by word

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

• foreknownπρογινώσκωproginōskō · to know/chooseG4267
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• the foundationκαταβολήkatabolē · beginningG2602
• of the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• appearedφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• in theseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• timesχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• for the sakeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:20

• Genesis 3:15And I will make enemies Of you and the woman, And of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”
• Proverbs 8:23From eternity I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
• Micah 5:2But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will come forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His times of coming forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”
• Romans 3:25whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished;
• Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
• Ephesians 1:4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
• Ephesians 3:9and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
• Colossians 1:26that is, the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints,
• 2 Timothy 1:9who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was granted to us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
• Revelation 13:8All who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slaughtered.
• Acts 3:25It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
• 1 John 1:2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us--
• 1 John 3:5You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
• 1 John 4:9By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him.
• Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
• Ephesians 1:10regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.

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