1 Peter 1:3

Modern English Version

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Cross References

1 Kings 8:15

and he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has with His hand fulfilled His word, saying,

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless now the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.

2 Chronicles 31:8

When Hezekiah and the officials saw the contribution piles, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel.

Psalm 41:13

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on You.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in goodness and truth,

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live, their corpses shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth shall give birth to the departed spirits.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O  Lord! Is this not what I said while I was still in my own land? This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

John 1:13

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Romans 12:12

rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer,

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

who was delivered for our transgressions, and was raised for our justification.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life!

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that lives in you.

Romans 8:24

For we are saved through hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, for why does a man still hope for what he sees?

1 Corinthians 13:13

So now abide faith, hope, and love, these three. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,

Galatians 6:16

Peace and mercy be on all who walk according to this rule and upon the Israel of God.

Ephesians 1:17

so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that works in us,

Colossians 1:23

if you continue in the faith, established and firm, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Colossians 1:27

To them God would make known what is the glorious riches of this mystery among the nations. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:14

The grace of our Lord overflowed with the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:13

as we await the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a Son, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of our hope firm to the end.

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be sober, and set your hope fully upon the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:23

for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you, with gentleness and fear.

1 Peter 3:21

Figuratively this is like baptism, which also saves us now. It is not washing off the dirt from the body, but a response to God from a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 3:5

For in this manner, in the old times, the holy women, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness is born of Him.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 John 3:9

Whoever has been born of God does not practice sin, for His seed remains in him. And he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of the Father.

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not keep on sinning. But whoever has been born of God guards himself, and the wicked one cannot touch him.

1 John 5:4

for whoever is born of God overcomes the world, and the victory that overcomes the world is our faith.