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

18You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19but with precious blood like that of a lamb without defect or spot, the blood of Messiah. He was chosen before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21Through Him you are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God. 22Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.

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 animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• Proverbs 8:23From eternity I was appointed from the beginning, before the world began.
• Micah 5:2Therefore He will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth. Then the remnant of His brothers will return to Bnei-Yisrael.
• Romans 3:25God set forth Yeshua as an atonement, through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed.
• Romans 16:25Now to the One who is able to strengthen you according to my Good News and the proclamation of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages
• Ephesians 1:4He chose us in the Messiah before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love.
• Ephesians 3:9and to bring to light the plan of the mystery—which for ages was hidden in God, who created all things.
• Colossians 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His kedoshim.
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before time began,
• Revelation 13:8All who dwell on the earth shall worship him—everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain.
• Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets and also of the covenant that God cut with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
• 1 John 1:2the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
• 1 John 3:5You know that Yeshua appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
• 1 John 4:9The love of God was revealed among us by this—that God sent His one and only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
• Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time came, God sent out His Son, born of a woman and born under law—
• Ephesians 1:10The plan of the fullness of times is to bring all things together in the Messiah—both things in heaven and things on earth, all 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