1 Peter 1:3

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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 resurrection from death.

Cross References

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 life-giving message that lasts forever.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. It is our faith that has won the victory against the world.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace as 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.

Ephesians 1:7

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

2 Corinthians 1:3

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

1 John 3:3

He is pure, and everyone who has this hope in him keeps themselves pure like Christ.

Romans 12:12

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

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ always did what was right. So you know that all those who do what is right are God’s children.

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.

Exodus 34:6

That is, the Lord passed in front of Moses and said, “YAHWEH, the Lord, is a kind and merciful God. He is slow to become angry. He is full of great love. He can be trusted.

Ephesians 3:20

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

Ephesians 1:17

I always pray to the great and glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that he will give you the Spirit, who will let you know truths about God and help you understand them, so that you will know him better.

1 Peter 3:21

And that water is like baptism, which now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. It is asking God for a clean conscience. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

Psalm 86:15

My Lord, you are a kind and merciful God. You are patient, loyal, and full of love.

1 Timothy 1:14

But our Lord gave me a full measure of his grace. And with that grace came the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:4

But God is rich in mercy, and he loved us very much.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created.

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.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ really has been raised from death—the first one of all those who will be raised.

1 Corinthians 13:13

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

1 John 3:9

Those who are God’s children do not continue to sin, because the new life God gave them stays in them. They cannot keep sinning, because they have become children of God.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies hungry for milk, you should want the pure teaching that feeds your spirit. With it you can grow up and be saved.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house as the Son. And we are God’s house, if we remain confident of the great hope we are glad to say we have.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Every time we pray to God our Father, we thank him for all that 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.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know just how rich and glorious that truth is. That secret truth, which is for all people, is that Christ lives in you, his people. He is our hope for glory.

Romans 8:24

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

Romans 8:11

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

John 1:13

They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

Jonah 4:2

He complained to the Lord and said, “Lord, 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 kind, and if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

Isaiah 26:19

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

1 John 5:18

We know that those who have been made God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe. The Evil One cannot hurt them.

1 John 5:1

The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

Colossians 1:23

And that is what will happen if you continue to believe in the Good News you heard. You must remain strong and sure in your faith. You must not let anything cause you to give up the hope that became yours when you heard the Good News. That same Good News has been told to everyone on earth, and that’s the work that I, Paul, was given to do.

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, he made friends with us through his Son’s death. And the fact that we are now God’s friends makes it even more certain that he will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 4:25

Jesus was handed over to die for our sins, and he was raised from death to make us right with God.

Psalm 86:5

My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help.

Psalm 41:13

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He always was, and he always will be. Amen and Amen!

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 worshiped. They bowed to the ground to give honor to the Lord and to the king.

1 Kings 8:15

He prayed this long prayer to the Lord: “The Lord, the God of Israel, is great. He has done what he promised my father David. He told my father,

1 John 4:7

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

1 Thessalonians 4:13

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

Galatians 6:16

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

2 Thessalonians 2:16

We pray that the Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father will comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us and gave us through his grace a wonderful hope and comfort that has no end.

1 Peter 1:13

So prepare your minds for service. With complete self-control put all your hope in the grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ comes.

1 Peter 1:21

You believe in God through Christ. God is the one who raised him from death and gave honor to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 Peter 3:5

It was the same with the holy women who lived long ago and followed God. They made themselves beautiful in that same way. They were willing to serve their husbands.

1 Peter 3:15

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

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 Israelites.