1 Peter 1:21

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You believe in God through Christ. God raised Christ from death. Then God gave glory to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.

Cross References

Psalm 42:5

Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par

Jeremiah 17:7

But the person that trusts in the Lord\par will be blessed.\par Why? Because the Lord will show him\par that the Lord can be trusted.\par

Matthew 28:18

So Jesus came to them and said, “All authority (power) in heaven and on earth is given to me.

John 12:44

Then Jesus said loudly, “The person that believes in me is really believing in the One (God) who sent me.

John 14:1

Jesus said, “Don’t be troubled. Trust in God. And trust in me.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 17:1

After Jesus said these things he looked toward heaven. Jesus prayed, “Father, the time has come. Give glory to your Son so that the Son can give glory to you.

John 17:24

“Father, I want these people that you have given me to be with me in every place I am. I want them to see my glory. This is the glory you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 3:34

God sent him (Jesus). And he tells the things that God says. God gives \{him\} the Spirit {\cf2\super [56]} fully.

Acts 2:24

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. God raised Jesus from death. Death could not hold Jesus.

Acts 3:13

No! God did it! He is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. {\cf2\super [52]} He is the God of all our fathers. {\cf2\super [53]} He gave glory to Jesus, his special servant. But you gave Jesus to be killed. Pilate decided to let Jesus go free. But you told Pilate you did not want Jesus.

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.

Acts 4:10

We want all of you and all the Jewish people to know that this man was made well by the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth! You nailed Jesus to a cross. God raised him from death. This man was crippled, but he is now well. He is able to stand here before you because of the power of Jesus!

Romans 10:9

If you openly say, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from death, then you will be saved.

Romans 4:24

Those words were also written for us. God will also accept us because we believe. We believe in the One (God) that raised Jesus our Lord from death.

2 Corinthians 6:15

How can Christ and Belial (the devil) have any agreement? What can a believer have together with a non-believer?

1 Timothy 1:1

Greetings from Paul, an apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

Hebrews 2:9

For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace (kindness) Jesus died for every person.

Hebrews 6:1

So we should be finished with the beginning lessons about Christ. We should not go back to the things we started with. We began \{our life in Christ\} by turning away from the evil things we did before and by believing in God.

Hebrews 7:25

So Christ can save those people who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives, ready to help people when they come before God.

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit {\cf2\super [5]} of Christ was in those prophets. And the Spirit was telling about the sufferings that would happen to Christ and about the glory that would come after those sufferings. Those prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them. They tried to learn when those things would happen and what the world would be like at that time.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s rising from death.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Jesus has gone into heaven. He is at God’s right side. He rules over angels, authorities, and powers.