who by him do believe in God Literally, who through him are faithful (or believing) towards God; the adjective expressing a permanent attribute of character rather than the mere act which would be expressed by the participle in Greek, and the present indicative in English.

that raised him up from the dead The prominence given to the Resurrection as the ground of Faith and Hope is eminently characteristic of St Peter (Acts 2:32-36; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10). The redemptive act was completed in the shedding of the "precious blood," but the Resurrection and the "glory" of the Ascension were the foundation of man's confidence that the work had been completed. The "in God" expresses the Credo in Deumrather than Credo Deo; faith and hope were to find their object in God, be directed towards Him.

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