For I know that my vindicator lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;
1 Peter 1:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time. American Standard Version (1901) who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Common English Bible Through his faithfulness, you are guarded by God’s power so that you can receive the salvation he is ready to reveal in the last time. Catholic Public Domain Version By the power of God, you are guarded through faith for a salvation which is ready to be revealed in the end time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. |
For I know that my vindicator lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded ever again.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth beneath, for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it will die like gnats, but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never be ended.
No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall no longer fear or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me.
The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
That is true. They were broken off on account of unbelief, but you stand on account of belief. So do not become arrogant, but be afraid.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.
I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.
and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.
Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ:
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness, for not by might does one prevail.