1 Peter 1:3

Easy To Read Version

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:15

Then King Solomon prayed a long prayer to the Lord. This is what he said:

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the group of people gathered together, “Now give praise to the Lord your God.” So all the people gave praise to the Lord God, the God their ancestors {\cf2\super [325]} worshiped. They bowed to the ground to give honor to the Lord and to the king.

2 Chronicles 31:8

When Hezekiah and the leaders came, they saw the piles of things that were collected. They praised the Lord and his people, the people of Israel.

Psalm 41:13

Bless the Lord, God of Israel!\par He always was,\par and he always will be.\par

Psalm 86:15

Master, you are a kind and merciful God.\par You are patient, loyal, and full of love.\par

Psalm 86:5

Master, you are good and merciful.\par Your people call to you for help.\par You really love those people.\par

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed in front of Moses and said, “YAHWEH, [339] the Lord, is the kind and merciful God. The Lord is slow to become angry. The Lord is full of great love. The Lord can be trusted.

Isaiah 26:19

\{But the Lord says,\}\par “Your people have died,\par but they will live again.\par The bodies of my people\par will rise from death.\par Dead people in the ground,\par stand and be happy!\par The dew covering you is like\par the dew sparkling in the light of a new day.\par It shows a new time is coming when the earth\par will give up the dead people\par that are in it.”\par

Jonah 4:2

Jonah complained to the Lord and said, “I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time, I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city. So I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God! I knew that you show mercy and don’t want to punish people! I knew that you are full of kindness! I knew that if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

John 1:13

These children were not born like little babies are born. They were not born from the wish or plan of a \{mother and\} father. These children were born from God.

Romans 12:12

Be happy because you have hope. Be patient when you have troubles. Pray all the time.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then you will have more and more hope, and it will flow out of you by the power of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [150]}

Romans 4:25

Jesus was given to die for our sins. And he was raised from death to make us right with God.

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 8:11

God raised Jesus from death. And if God’s Spirit is living in you, then he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from death. And he will give life to your bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.

Romans 8:24

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, then that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ has truly been raised from death—the first one of all those \{believers\} who will be raised from death.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the Father who is full of mercy. He is the God of all comfort.

Galatians 6:16

Peace and mercy to the people who follow this rule—to all of God’s people.

Ephesians 1:17

I always pray to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ—to the glorious Father. I pray that he will give you the Spirit that will show you things about God and help you understand them. Then you will really know God.

Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are made free by Christ’s blood (death). We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

Ephesians 2:4

But God’s mercy is very great, and God loved us very much.

Ephesians 3:20

With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.

Colossians 1:23

Christ will do this if you continue to believe in the Good News {\cf2\super [7]} you heard. You must continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope that Good News gave you. That same Good News has been told to all people in the world. I, Paul, help in telling that Good News.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

When we pray to God our Father we always thank him for the things you have done because of your faith. And we thank him for the work you have done because of your love. And we thank him that you continue to be strong because of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those people who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—people who have no hope.

1 Timothy 1:14

But the grace (kindness) of our Lord was fully given to me. And with that grace came the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we are waiting for the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our great hope, and he will come with glory.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house like a Son. We \{believers\} are God’s house (family). We are God’s house if we continue to be sure and proud of the great hope we have.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:13

So prepare your minds for service, and have self-control. All your hope should be for the gift of grace (kindness) that will be yours when Jesus Christ appears (comes).

1 Peter 1:21

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.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies. It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message {\cf2\super [11]} that continues forever.

1 Peter 2:2

Be like babies that are newly born. Be hungry for the pure milk (teaching) that feeds your spirit. By drinking that you can grow up and be saved.

1 Peter 3:15

But you should keep the Lord Christ holy in your hearts. Always be ready to answer every person who asks you to explain about the hope you have.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 Peter 3:5

It was the same with the holy {\cf2\super [22]} women who lived long ago and followed God. They made themselves beautiful in that same way. They were willing to serve their husbands.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure. And every person who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure like Christ.

1 John 3:9

When God makes a person his child, that person does not continue to sin. Why? Because the new life God gave that person {\cf2\super [9]} stays in him. So that person is not able to continue sinning. Why? Because he has become a child of God.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God’s child. And so the person who loves knows God.

1 John 5:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.

1 John 5:18

We know that any person who has been made God’s child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God’s child safe. {\cf2\super [22]} The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person.

1 John 5:4

I was very happy to learn about some of your children. I am happy that they are following the way of truth, like the Father (God) commanded us.