1 Peter 1:3

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to 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, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king.

2 Chronicles 31:8

When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.

Psalm 41:13

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

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “I pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

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 your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 15:13

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

Romans 4:25

who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 8:11

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

1 Corinthians 13:13

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

2 Corinthians 1:3

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

Galatians 6:16

Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Ephesians 1:3

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

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

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

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:14

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:13

awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ was faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 3:5

So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive to their husbands,

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 3:9

No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.

1 John 4:7

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

1 John 5:1

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.

1 John 5:18

We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

1 John 5:4

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.