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Selected Verse: 1 Peter 1:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Pe 1:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Who [3588] by [1223] him [846] do believe [4100] in [1519] God [2316], that raised [1453] him [846] up [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] gave [1325] him [846] glory [1391]; that [5620] your [5216] faith [4102] and [2532] hope [1680] might be [1511] in [1519] God [2316]. |
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King James |
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
by him--Compare "the faith which is by Him," Act 3:16. Through Christ: His Spirit, obtained for us in His resurrection and ascension, enabling us to believe. This verse excludes all who do not "by Him believe in God," and includes all of every age and clime that do. Literally, "are believers in God." "To believe IN (Greek, 'eis') God" expresses an internal trust: "by believing to love God, going INTO Him, and cleaving to Him, incorporated into His members. By this faith the ungodly is justified, so that thenceforth faith itself begins to work by love" [P. LOMBARD]. To believe ON (Greek, "epi," or dative case) God expresses the confidence, which grounds itself on God, reposing on Him. "Faith IN (Greek, 'en') His blood" (Rom 3:25) implies that His blood is the element IN which faith has its proper and abiding place. Compare with this verse, Act 20:21, "Repentance toward (Greek, 'eis,' 'into,' turning towards and going into) God and faith toward (Greek, 'eis,' 'into') Christ": where, as there is but one article to both repentance and faith, the two are inseparably joined as together forming one truth; where "repentance" is, there "faith" is; when one knows God the Father spiritually, then he must know the Son by whom alone we can come to the Father. In Christ we have life: if we have not the doctrine of Christ, we have not God. The only living way to God is through Christ and His sacrifice.
that raised him--The raising of Jesus by God is the special ground of our "believing": (1) because by it God declared openly His acceptance of Him as our righteous substitute; (2) because by it and His glorification He received power, namely, the Holy Spirit, to impart to His elect "faith": the same power enabling us to believe as raised Him from the dead. Our faith must not only be IN Christ, but BY and THROUGH Christ. "Since in Christ's resurrection and consequent dominion our safety is grounded, there 'faith' and 'hope' find their stay" [CALVIN].
that your faith and hope might be in God--the object and effect of God's raising Christ. He states what was the actual result and fact, not an exhortation, except indirectly. Your faith flows from His resurrection; your hope from God's having "given Him glory" (compare Pe1 1:11, "glories"). Remember God's having raised and glorified Jesus as the anchor of your faith and hope in God, and so keep alive these graces. Apart from Christ we could have only feared, not believed and hoped in God. Compare Pe1 1:3, Pe1 1:7-9, Pe1 1:13, on hope in connection with faith; love is introduced in Pe1 1:22. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Who by him do believe in God - Faith is sometimes represented particularly as exercised in God, and sometimes in Christ. It is always a characteristic of true religion that a man has faith in God. Compare the notes at Mar 11:22.
That raised him up from the dead - See the Act 2:24; Act 3:15, Act 3:26; Act 4:10; Act 5:30; Act 13:30 notes; Rom 4:24; Rom 6:4 notes; Co1 15:15 note.
And gave him glory - By exalting him at his own right hand in heaven, Phi 2:9; Ti1 3:16; Eph 1:20-21.
That your faith and hope might be in God - That is, by raising up the Lord Jesus, and exalting him to heaven, he has laid the foundation of confidence in his promises, and of the hope of eternal life. Compare the notes at Pe1 1:3. Compare 1 Cor. 15; Col 1:27; Th1 1:3; Ti1 1:1. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Which raised
Compare Rom 4:24.
That your faith and hope might be in God
Some render, that your faith should also be hope toward God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Who through him believe - For all our faith and hope proceed from the power of his resurrection. In God that raised Jesus, and gave him glory - At his ascension. Without Christ we should only dread God; whereas through him we believe, hope, and love. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who by him do believe in God - This is supposed to refer to the Gentiles, who never knew the true God till they heard the preaching of the Gospel: the Jews had known him long before, but the Gentiles had every thing to learn when the first preachers of the Gospel arrived amongst them.
Gave him glory - Raised him to his right hand, where, as a Prince and a Savior, he gives repentance and remission of sins.
That your faith - In the fulfillment of all his promises, and your hope of eternal glory, might be in God, who is unchangeable in his counsels, and infinite in his mercies. |
22 Seeing ye have purified [48] your [5216] souls [5590] in [1722] obeying [5218] the truth [225] through [1223] the Spirit [4151] unto [1519] unfeigned [505] love of the brethren [5360], see that ye love [25] one another [240] with [1537] a pure [2513] heart [2588] fervently [1619]:
13 Wherefore [1352] gird up [328] the loins [3751] of your [5216] mind [1271], be sober [3525], and hope [1679] to the end [5049] for [1909] the grace [5485] that is to be brought [5342] unto you [5213] at [1722] the revelation [602] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547];
7 That [2443] the trial [1383] of your [5216] faith [4102], being much [4183] more precious [5093] than of gold [5553] that perisheth [622], though [1223] [1161] it be tried [1381] with fire [4442], might be found [2147] unto [1519] praise [1868] and [2532] honour [5092] and [2532] glory [1391] at [1722] the appearing [602] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
8 Whom [3739] having [1492] not [3756] seen [1492] [1492], ye love [25]; in [1519] whom [3739], though now [737] ye see [3708] him not [3361], yet [1161] believing [4100], ye rejoice [21] with joy [5479] unspeakable [412] and [2532] full of glory [1392]:
9 Receiving [2865] the end [5056] of your [5216] faith [4102], even the salvation [4991] of your souls [5590].
3 Blessed [2128] be the God [2316] and [2532] Father [3962] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], which [3588] according to [2596] his [846] abundant [4183] mercy [1656] hath begotten [313] us [2248] again [313] unto [1519] a lively [2198] hope [1680] by [1223] the resurrection [386] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] from [1537] the dead [3498],
11 Searching [2045] what [1519] [5101], or [2228] what manner [4169] of time [2540] the Spirit [4151] of Christ [5547] which [3588] was in [1722] them [846] did signify [1213], when it testified beforehand [4303] the sufferings [3804] of [1519] Christ [5547], and [2532] the glory [1391] that should follow [3326] [5023].
21 Testifying [1263] both [5037] to the Jews [2453], and also [2532] to the Greeks [1672], repentance [3341] toward [1519] God [2316], and [2532] faith [4102] toward [1519] our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].
25 Whom [3739] God [2316] hath set forth [4388] to be a propitiation [2435] through [1223] faith [4102] in [1722] his [846] blood [129], to [1519] declare [1732] his [846] righteousness [1343] for [1223] the remission [3929] of sins [265] that are past [4266], through [1722] the forbearance [463] of God [2316];
16 And [2532] his [846] name [3686] through [1909] faith [4102] in his [846] name [3686] hath made [4732] this man [5026] strong [4732], whom [3739] ye see [2334] and [2532] know [1492]: yea [2532], the faith [4102] which is [1325] by [1223] him [846] hath given [1325] him [846] this [5126] perfect soundness [3647] in the presence [561] of you [5216] all [3956].
1 Paul [3972], an apostle [652] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] by [2596] the commandment [2003] of God [2316] our [2257] Saviour [4990], and [2532] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], which [3588] is our [2257] hope [1680];
3 Remembering [3421] without ceasing [89] your [5216] work [2041] of faith [4102], and [2532] labour [2873] of love [26], and [2532] patience [5281] of hope [1680] in our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], in the sight [1715] of God [2316] and [2532] our [2257] Father [3962];
27 To whom [3739] God [2316] would [2309] make known [1107] what [5101] is the riches [4149] of the glory [1391] of this [5127] mystery [3466] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484]; which [3739] is [2076] Christ [5547] in [1722] you [5213], the hope [1680] of glory [1391]:
3 Blessed [2128] be the God [2316] and [2532] Father [3962] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], which [3588] according to [2596] his [846] abundant [4183] mercy [1656] hath begotten [313] us [2248] again [313] unto [1519] a lively [2198] hope [1680] by [1223] the resurrection [386] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] from [1537] the dead [3498],
20 Which [3739] he wrought [1754] in [1722] Christ [5547], when he raised [1453] him [846] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] set [2523] him at [1722] his own [846] right hand [1188] in [1722] the heavenly [2032] places,
21 Far above [5231] all [3956] principality [746], and [2532] power [1849], and [2532] might [1411], and [2532] dominion [2963], and [2532] every [3956] name [3686] that is named [3687], not [3756] only [3440] in [1722] this [5129] world [165], but [235] also [2532] in [1722] that which is to come [3195]:
16 And [2532] without controversy [3672] great [3173] is [2076] the mystery [3466] of godliness [2150]: God [2316] was manifest [5319] in [1722] the flesh [4561], justified [1344] in [1722] the Spirit [4151], seen [3700] of angels [32], preached [2784] unto [1722] the Gentiles [1484], believed on [4100] in [1722] the world [2889], received up [353] into [1722] glory [1391].
9 Wherefore [1352] God [2316] also [2532] hath highly exalted [5251] him [846], and [2532] given [5483] him [846] a name [3686] which [3588] is above [5228] every [3956] name [3686]:
15 Yea [1161], and [2532] we are found [2147] false witnesses [5575] of God [2316]; because [3754] we have testified [3140] of [2596] God [2316] that [3754] he raised up [1453] Christ [5547]: whom [3739] he raised [1453] not [3756] up [1453], if [1512] so be [686] that the dead [3498] rise [1453] not [3756].
4 Therefore [3767] we are buried with [4916] him [846] by [1223] baptism [908] into [1519] death [2288]: that [2443] like as [5618] Christ [5547] was raised up [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498] by [1223] the glory [1391] of the Father [3962], even so [3779] we [2249] also [2532] should walk [4043] in [1722] newness [2538] of life [2222].
24 But [235] for [1223] us [2248] also [2532], to whom [3739] it shall be [3195] imputed [3049], if we believe [4100] on [1909] him that raised up [1453] Jesus [2424] our [2257] Lord [2962] from [1537] the dead [3498];
30 But [1161] God [2316] raised [1453] him [846] from [1537] the dead [3498]:
30 The God [2316] of our [2257] fathers [3962] raised up [1453] Jesus [2424], whom [3739] ye [5210] slew [1315] and hanged [2910] on [1909] a tree [3586].
10 Be it [2077] known [1110] unto you [5213] all [3956], and [2532] to all [3956] the people [2992] of Israel [2474], that [3754] by [1722] the name [3686] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] of Nazareth [3480], whom [3739] ye [5210] crucified [4717], whom [3739] God [2316] raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], even by [1722] him [5129] doth [3936] this man [3778] stand here [3936] before [1799] you [5216] whole [5199].
26 Unto you [5213] first [4412] God [2316], having raised up [450] his [846] Son [3816] Jesus [2424], sent [649] him [846] to bless [2127] you [5209], in [1722] turning away [654] every one [1538] of you [5216] from [575] his iniquities [4189].
15 And [1161] killed [615] the Prince [747] of life [2222], whom [3739] God [2316] hath raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498]; whereof [3739] we [2249] are [2070] witnesses [3144].
24 Whom [3739] God [2316] hath raised up [450], having loosed [3089] the pains [5604] of death [2288]: because [2530] it was [2258] not [3756] possible [1415] that he [846] should be holden [2902] of [5259] it [846].
22 And [2532] Jesus [2424] answering [611] saith [3004] unto them [846], Have [2192] faith [4102] in God [2316].
24 But [235] for [1223] us [2248] also [2532], to whom [3739] it shall be [3195] imputed [3049], if we believe [4100] on [1909] him that raised up [1453] Jesus [2424] our [2257] Lord [2962] from [1537] the dead [3498];