1 Peter 1:5

who are kept by the power of God through faith In the word for "kept," we have, as in 2 Corinthians 11:32 in its literal, and Philippians 4:7 in its figurative sense, the idea of being "guarded" as men are guarded in a camp or citadel. Of that guarding we have (1) the objective aspect, the "power of God" being as the force that encompasses and protects us, and (2) the subjective faith, as that through which, as in the vision of Elisha's servant (2 Kings 6:16), we feel that we are guarded, and see that "those that are with us are more than they that be against us."

unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time It is clear that the word "salvation" is used here, with its highest possible connotation, as including not only present pardon and peace, but also, as in Rom 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, the full consummation of blessedness. In this sense it is identical with the "manifestation of the sons of God" of Romans 8:19, the "glory which shall be revealed."