But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life.
1 Peter 1:9 - New Revised Standard Version for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [At the same time] you receive the result (outcome, consummation) of your faith, the salvation of your souls. American Standard Version (1901) receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Common English Bible You are receiving the goal of your faith: your salvation. Catholic Public Domain Version returning with the goal of your faith, the salvation of souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. |
But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life.
All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,
Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.