What does 1 Peter 1:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"
1 PETER 1:19-20 Cristou/( proegnwsme,nou Between verses 1 Peter 1:19 and 1 Peter 1:20 several Latin witnesses (vgmss Bede) insert the equivalent of another verse: _ipse ergo qui et praecognitus est...
Verse 20. _WHO VERILY WAS FOREORDAINED_] προεγνωσμενου. _Foreknown; appointed_ in the Divine purpose to be sent into the world, because infinitely _approved_ by the Divine justice. _BEFORE THE FOUND...
WHO 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 “fore...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE SUFFERING OF BELIEVERS AND EXHORTATIONS TO HOLY LIVING CHAPTER 1:1-21 _ 1. The introduction and doxology (1 Peter 1:1)_ 2. Suffering and the coming glory (1 Peter...
Here the practical aim of the epistle becomes at the earliest possible moment clearly manifest. The writer finds in the central reality of the Christian faith the example, sacrifice, and resurrection...
WHO VERILY, &C. = Foreknown indeed. App-132. BEFORE. App-104. FOUNDATION, &C. App-146. WORLD. App-129. MANIFEST. manifested. App-106. THESE LAST. Read "the last of the". TIMES. See App-195....
_who verily was foreordained_ Literally, FOREKNOWN, but the foreknowledge of God implies the foreordaining. Here also we note the coincidence with St Peter's language in Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18. The Gree...
INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOUNDED UPON THE BENEDICTION 1 Peter 1:13 to 1 Peter 2:10 13–25. 13 The new life of hope, faith and privilege to which you have been begotten involves corresponding responsi...
ΠΡΟΕΓΝΩΣΜΈΝΟΥPERF. _pass._part. _adj. от_ ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G555) знать заранее, предвидеть (_см._ 1 Peter 1:2). ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΉ (G2602) основание. ΚΌΣΜΟΣ (G2889) мир. ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΦΑ...
DISCOURSE: 2389 THE FATHERS PART IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION 1 Peter 1:20. _Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do b...
WHO VERILY WAS FORE-ORDAINED— All the former dispensations, from the beginning of the world, were carried on with a view to the coming of Christ, under whom was to be the concluding dispensation; and...
_4._ The Christian's Ransom 1:18-21 1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; but...
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, God's eternal foreordination of Christ's redeeming sacrifice, and completion of it in t...
VERSE 20 WHO VERILY WAS FOREORDAINED. Christ as the sacrifice was foreordained. In the purpose of God as the sacrifice was determined upon, was appointed as the center and the soul of the scheme of h...
1 Note the contrast between Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. Peter proceeds on the ground of His present rejection on earth, Paul on His exaltation in heaven....
GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY TRINITY. ENCOURAGEMENT TO HOPE IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in,' e...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. He was one of the 12 *apostles. His name was Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42). ‘Pe...
(13-25) GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING. — This salvation being so magnificent, the Asiatic Hebrews must cling to it tenaciously, in holiness, in reverence caused by consideration of the cost of...
CHAPTER 4 THE CHRISTIAN'S IDEAL, AND THE STEPS THEREUNTO 1 Peter 1:13 THE Apostle, who has set forth the character of the Christian's election, who has given to the converts large assurance for the...
_Practical admonitions_. In this section St. Peter is engrossed with the conception of the Church as the new Israel which has been delivered from idolatry the spiritual Egypt by a _far more excellent...
REDEEMED AND PURIFIED 1 Peter 1:13 The appeal for a holy life is enforced by considering the great cost of our redemption and the great hope which is opened before us. Ours must be the girded loins,...
Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pet...
THE PRICELESS NATURE OF CHRIST'S BLOOD Further, Christians can approach this loving Father because they know He brought them back from sin with the blood of His own Son. Christians were not bought bac...
(12) Who verily was foreordained before the (k) foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, (12) The taking away of an objection: what was done to the world, before Christ...
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: (18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed w...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
20_Who verily was foreordained _He again by a comparison amplifies the grace of God, with which he had peculiarly favored the men of that age. For it was not a common or a small favor that God deferre...
The First Epistle of Peter is addressed to believers among the dispersed of Israel found in those provinces of Asia Minor Which are named in the first Verse; the Second Epistle declares itself to be a...
WHO VERILY WAS FOREORDAINED,.... Or "foreknown"; that is, by God; and which intends, not barely his prescience of Christ, of what he should be, do, and suffer; but such a previous knowledge of him, wh...
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Ver. 20. _Who verily, &e._] So careful was God to make all sure concerning our redemption...
_Forasmuch as ye know_, &c. That is, be holy in your whole behaviour, because ye know what an immense price your redemption cost; _that you were not redeemed with corruptible things_ Such as all visib...
FOREORDAINED; as a Saviour....
The reason for the holiness of Christians:...
Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives),...
_ 1 Peter 1:20 ‘For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you'_ ‘FOREKNOWN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD' -Before God even crea...
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...
WHO VERILY WAS FORE-ORDAINED; by God's decree appointed to the work of redemption, and to be that Lamb that should take away the sins of the world, EPHESIANS 1:9. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD; f...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth for this reason is He old." "And why is the gate new, sir? "I said. "Because," he answered, "He became manifest[17] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II wa...
1 Peter 1:20 indeed G3303 foreordained G4267 (G5772) before G4253 foundation G2602 world G2889 but G1161 manifest G5319 (G5685) in G1909 last G2078 times G5550 for G1223 you G5209 verily - Genesis 3:...
RECOGNISING WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM THEY SHOULD LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH GREATEST CARE (1 PETER 1:17). The emphasis on obedience continues, and now it is linked with God's remedy through the blood of...
The exhortation to a walk in holiness is followed immediately by an exhortation to a walk in godly fear. The way in which this section is connected with the preceding shows that the latter charge is g...
WHO WAS FOREKNOWN INDEED (προεγνωσμενου μεν). Perfect passive participle (in genitive singular agreeing with Χριστου) of προγινωσκω, old verb, to know beforehand (Romans 8:29; 2 Peter 3:17). See πρ...
FOREORDAINED The divine order is foreknowledge, election, predestination. That foreknowledge determines the election or choice is clear from (1 Peter 1:2) and predestination is the bringing to pass o...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ._ These are his credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. _To the strangers scattered_ abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have spo...
HE HAD BEEN CHOSEN. Notice the costly sacrifice of Christ was according to God's Plan. See Luke 9:31 and note. BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. God chose Christ to be the costly sacrifice even before...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:13 The inheritance promised to followers of Christ should motivate them to set their hope entirely on their future reward (vv. 1 Peter 1:13) and to live in fear of the God wh...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 1:17. THE FATHER.—Better, “a Father.” God apprehended as Father through our apprehension of the Sonship of Christ. _Plumptre_ reminds us that “the sequel shows...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 1:1 PETER. It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit of prophecy (John 1:42); and again...
Tonight let's turn to First Peter chapter one. Of the many disciples that were following Jesus, He chose twelve to be apostles. One of the twelve that was chosen as an apostle was Simon Peter. Simon P...
1 John 1:2; 1 John 3:5; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:9; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:9; Acts 3:25; Acts 3:26; Colossians 1:26;...
Foreordained [π ρ ο ε γ ν ω σ μ ε ν ο υ]. Lit., and better, foreknown, as Rev. Manifested [φ α ν ε ρ ω θ ε ν τ ο ς]. Observe the difference in tense. Foreknown is the perfect participle, has been kno...
THE BOOK OF BOOKS 1 Peter 1:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is said on one occasion, when Sir Walter Scott was sick, he called his son requesting him to bring him THE book. His son said, "Your library is...