1 Peter 1:20 Commentary, explanation, 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 1:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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". ti...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Go...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2389 THE FATHERS PART IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION 1 Peter 1:20-21 . Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who verily was foreordained - Προεγνωσμενου· Foreknown; appointed in the Divine purpose t...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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; a...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 4 THE CHRISTIAN'S IDEAL, AND THE STEPS THEREUNTO 1 Peter 1:13-21 THE Apostle, who has set forth the character of the Christian's election, who has given to the converts large assurance...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Redeemed and Purified 1 Peter 1:13-25 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 girde...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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, "Pe...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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,...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 red...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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)...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. A. D.  66.       13 Wherefore gird up the loi...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Recognising What God Has Done For Them They Should Live Their Lives With Greatest Care ( 1 Peter 1:17-21 ). The emphasis on obedience continues, and now it is linked with God's remedy through the...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Peter 1:1-2 . 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, thr...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 1:4...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The reason for the holiness of Christians:

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  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 ; Ephesians 1:10 ; Ephesians 1:4 ; Ephesians 3:...

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• 1 Peter 1:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Book of Books 1 Peter 1:10-25 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 l...

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