1 Peter 1:2

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon 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 as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and My chosen ones shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Isaiah 65:9

I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains; and My chosen ones shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there.

Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

Daniel 6:25

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

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall slaughter the bull before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood on all the sides of the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

Matthew 24:22

“Unless those days were shortened, no one 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 to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Mark 13:20

“Except the Lord shortened the days, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

Mark 13:22

For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Mark 13:27

Then He will send His angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

Luke 18:7

And shall not God avenge His own elect and be patient with them, who cry day and night to Him?

Acts 15:18

Known to God are all His works since the beginning of the world.

Acts 2:23

You have taken Him, who was handed over to you by the ordained counsel and foreknowledge of God, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed Him,

Acts 20:32

“Now, brothers, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Romans 1:5

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name,

Romans 1:7

To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, 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, saying,

Romans 11:28

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sake, but as regarding the election, they are beloved for the sake of the patriarchs.

Romans 15:16

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

Romans 16:19

Your obedience has become known to all men. Therefore I am glad on your behalf. Yet I want you to be wise in what is good, and innocent in what is evil.

Romans 16:26

but now is revealed by the prophetic Scriptures according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all the Gentiles for the obedience of faith,

Romans 8:13

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

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 10:5

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

2 Corinthians 13:14

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

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Colossians 3:12

So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, beloved brothers of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness,

Hebrews 10:22

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

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest the one who destroys the firstborn touch them.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant; and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 5:9

and being made complete, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him,

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children do not conduct yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you.

1 Peter 1:22

Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied to you through 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 I only, but also all those who know the truth,

2 John 1:13

The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

Jude 1:2

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