1 Peter 1:21

1 Peter 1:21 ‘who 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'.

‘who' -these Christians.

‘through Him' -The only way that one can become. believer in God, is through Jesus Christ. Jesus reveals the Father (Matthew 11:27; John 1:18; John 14:6). Access to the Father is only through Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:19).

‘believers in God' -One cannot come to really know God apart from Jesus (Ephesians 2:18; John 14:6). This verse undermines the idea that all the religions in the world are simply serving the same God in different ways.

‘who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory' -Peter is reminding these Christians that the God Who is their Judge is also their Savior. ‘he planned their redemption in the counsels of eternity (1 Peter 1:20), he sent forth his Son for their sake (1 Peter 1:20), he is the one whom they even now depend on (1 Peter 1:21), he raised Christ from the dead and glorified him (1 Peter 1:21), and thus he is the one in whom they place all their trust and hope (1 Peter 1:21). The God whom Christians fear is also the God whom they trust for ever, the God who has planned and done for them only good from all eternity.' (Grudem p. 87) Glory followed the resurrection (Acts 2:33; Acts 5:31; Ephesians 1:20; 1 Peter 2:9).

‘so that your faith and hope are in God' -‘are resting upon' (Wey); ‘are directed towards' (Rhm). The same God that raised Jesus and gave Him glory, is the same God who would raise these Christians and give them glory. Therefore, despite whatever they might suffer, they know that they are never suffering in vain. ‘for they have on the basis of what was done in Christ the confident expectation that God can and will do as he promised for them.' (Davids p. 75)