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1 Peter 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessedk be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his βabundantm mercy hath begotten us againn unto a lively hope by the resurrectionp of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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2 Cor. 1:3• ³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Cor. 1:3)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, (Eph. 2:4)

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John 3:3,5• ³Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:3,5)

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1 Cor. 15:20• ²⁰But now is Christ raised from [the] dead, firstfruit of those fallen asleep. (1 Cor. 15:20)

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Blessed.

1 Kings 8:15• (1 Kings 8:15)

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1 Chron. 29:10‑13,20• (1 Chron. 29:10‑13,20)

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Psa. 41:13• (Psa. 41:13)

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Psa. 72:18‑19• (Psa. 72:18‑19)

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2 Cor. 1:3• ³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Cor. 1:3)

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Eph. 1:3,17• ³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,
¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in full knowledge of him, (Eph. 1:3,17)

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Eph. 3:20• ²⁰Now to him that is able to do above all things far exceedingly above what we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)

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Ex. 34:6• (Ex. 34:6)

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Psa. 86:5,15• (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Jonah 4:2• (Jonah 4:2)

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Rom. 5:15‑21• ¹⁵But [shall] not, as the offence, so also [be] the free gift? for if by the offence of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ abound unto the many.
¹⁶And [shall] not, as by one having sinned, [be] the gift? For the judgment [was] of one unto condemnation, but the free gift [was] of many offences unto justification.
¹⁷For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much more they that receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
¹⁸So then as by one offence [it was] toward all men for condemnation, so also by one accomplished righteousness toward all men for justification of life.
¹⁹For as by the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many shall be constituted righteous.
²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:15‑21)

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Eph. 1:7• ⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace, (Eph. 1:7)

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Eph. 2:4,7‑10• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁷that he might show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
⁸For by grace ye are saved through faith; and this not of yourselves(God's is the gift:
⁹not of works, that no one might boast.
¹⁰For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:4,7‑10)

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1 Tim. 1:14• ¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:14)

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Titus 3:4‑6• ⁴But when the kindness and the love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (Titus 3:4‑6)

abundant.

Gr. much.

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1 Peter 1:23• ²³having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through God's living and abiding word. (1 Peter 1:23)

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1 Peter 2:2• ²as new-born babes long for the guileless intelligent milk that by it ye may grow unto salvation, (1 Peter 2:2)

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John 1:13• ¹³who were born not of blood, nor of flesh’s will, nor of man’s will, but of God. (John 1:13)

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John 3:3‑8• ³Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
⁷Wonder not that I said to thee, Ye must be born anew.
⁸The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it cometh, and where it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:3‑8)

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James 1:18• ¹⁸Having purposed he begot us by [the] word of truth, that we should be a certain firstfruits of his creatures. (James 1:18)

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1 John 2:29• ²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one that doeth righteousness hath been begotten of him. (1 John 2:29)

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1 John 3:9• ⁹Every one that hath been born of God doeth not sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been begotten of God. (1 John 3:9)

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1 John 4:7• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God; and every one that loveth hath been begotten of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:7)

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1 John 5:1,4,18• ¹Every one that believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God, and every one that loveth him that begot loveth also him that is begotten of him.
⁴For all that is begotten of God overcometh the world, and this is the victory that overcame the world, our faith.
¹⁸We know that everyone that is begotten of God sinneth not, but the begotten of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not. (1 John 5:1,4,18)

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Rom. 5:4‑5• ⁴and endurance proof, and proof hope:
⁵and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that was given to us. (Rom. 5:4‑5)

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Rom. 8:24• ²⁴For by hope were we saved; but hope seen is no hope; for what one seeth, why also doth he hope for [it]? (Rom. 8:24)

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Rom. 12:12• ¹²in hope rejoicing; in tribulation enduring, in prayer persevering; (Rom. 12:12)

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Rom. 15:13• ¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13)

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1 Cor. 13:13• ¹³But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but [the] greater of these [is] love. (1 Cor. 13:13)

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Col. 1:23,27• ²³if indeed ye abide in the faith grounded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel (which ye heard, that was preached in the whole creation under the heaven), of which I, Paul, became servant;
²⁷to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:23,27)

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1 Thess. 1:3• ³remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, (1 Thess. 1:3)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)

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Heb. 3:6• ⁶but Christ as Son over his house, whose house are we if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:6)

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Heb. 6:18‑19• ¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us,
¹⁹which we have as the soul's anchor both secure and firm and entering into the inner [side] of the veil, (Heb. 6:18‑19)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that hath this hope on him purifieth himself even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3)

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1 Peter 3:21• ²¹which figure also now saveth you, baptism, not a putting away of filth of flesh, but a request of a good conscience toward God through Jesus Christ's resurrection; (1 Peter 3:21)

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Isa. 26:19• (Isa. 26:19)

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Rom. 4:25• ²⁵who was given up on account of our offences and was raised on account of our justification. (Rom. 4:25)

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Rom. 5:10• ¹⁰For if while enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Rom. 5:10)

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Rom. 8:11• ¹¹But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus out of [the] dead dwell in you, he that raised Christ out of [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Rom. 8:11)

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1 Cor. 15:20• ²⁰But now is Christ raised from [the] dead, firstfruit of those fallen asleep. (1 Cor. 15:20)

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Eph. 2:6• ⁶and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus, (Eph. 2:6)

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1 Thess. 4:13• ¹³But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleep; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope. (1 Thess. 4:13)

• a life which death could no wise touch, so complete that henceforth we belong not to death, but rather death to us. Thus did God as here revealed beget us again through Christ's resurrection out of the dead. (“1 Peter 1:3” by W. Kelly)

• the Epistle contemplates the Christian. He has to do with a God of grace, not of law for a Jew, and an object of His government here below, till the living hope is realized of being with Christ and in heaven. But that divine government for every day meanwhile is not of the chosen people as of old in earthly power and with deliverances to strike the eye and awe of the nations. A government of souls comes before us while evil is still prevalent in the world; but God makes all things, trials and sufferings of faith in particular, work together for good to those that love Him. (“1 Peter 1:3” by W. Kelly)

• Here it is a living hope of reaching heaven through Christ in a glorified state by-and-by. (“1 Peter 1:3” by W. Kelly)

• The Apostle is not speaking of our resurrection with Christ; he views the Christian as a pilgrim here, encouraged by the triumph of Christ Himself in resurrection, which animated him by the consciousness that there was a world of light and happiness before him. (“1 Peter 1” by J.N. Darby)

• A new hope dawned in their hearts which nothing on earth could quench. It was a living hope because centered in a Saviour living beyond the power of death. (“1 Peter 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

W. Kelly Translation

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Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a livinga hope through Jesus Christ’s resurrection out of [the] dead,

WK Translation Notes

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"Lively," is inadequate and misleading. The RV correctly gives "living."