1 Peter 1:2 - Revised Standard Version

² chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts].

American Standard Version (1901)

² according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Common English Bible

² God the Father chose you because of what he knew beforehand. He chose you through the Holy Spirit’s work of making you holy and because of the faithful obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. May God’s grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you.

1 Peter 1:2 Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 65:22

They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Isaiah 65:9

I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Daniel 4:1

King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!

Daniel 6:25

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.

Leviticus 1:5

Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord; and Aaron's sons the priests shall present the blood, and throw the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Mark 13:22

False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Mark 13:27

And then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Luke 18:7

And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

Acts 15:18

says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.’

Acts 2:23

this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Romans 1:7

To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Romans 11:28

As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 16:19

For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil;

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 8:13

for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies;

1 Corinthians 1:30

He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 10:5

We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Deuteronomy 7:6

“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

1 Peter 1:19

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

1 Peter 1:20

He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

2 John 1:13

The children of your elect sister greet you.

Jude 1:2

May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.