1 Peter 1:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Proverbs 8:23

Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

Acts 2:23

this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.

Romans 3:25

whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Ephesians 1:4

just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.

Ephesians 3:11

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Ephesians 3:9

and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

Colossians 1:26

the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.

Hebrews 2:14

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 1:2

who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 John 1:2

this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us—

1 John 3:5

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

1 John 3:8

Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 13:8

and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.