1 Peter 1:20 “He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in t…”

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

World English Bible

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

American Standard Version

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,

Geneva Bible 1599

Which was ordeined before the foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,

Darby Translation

foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

Young's Literal Translation

foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

Bible in Basic English

Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

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Cross references

“verily”

Ephesians 1:4 Revelation 13:8 Micah 5:2 Ephesians 3:9 Ephesians 3:11 Colossians 1:26

Ephesians 1:4 · BSB

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

Revelation 13:8 · BSB

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Ephesians 3:9 · BSB

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

Ephesians 3:11 · BSB

according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Colossians 1:26 · BSB

the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

“but”

1 John 1:2 1 John 3:8 1 John 3:5 Acts 3:25 Acts 3:26 1 John 4:9

1 John 1:2 · BSB

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

1 John 3:8 · BSB

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:5 · BSB

But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Acts 3:25 · BSB

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Acts 3:26 · BSB

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

1 John 4:9 · BSB

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

“in”

Hebrews 9:26 Hebrews 1:2 Galatians 4:4 Ephesians 1:10

Hebrews 9:26 · BSB

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Hebrews 1:2 · BSB

But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

Galatians 4:4 · BSB

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Ephesians 1:10 · BSB

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

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