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Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 1:21 · King James Version
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  • WEB who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
  • BSB Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
  • NKJV who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • NASB who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • NLT Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

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Quick answer

Through Christ believers trust in God, who raised him and gave him glory, so that their faith and hope rest in God. Christ is the one through whom we come to trustworthy faith in God.

Overview

Faith in God comes 'through' Christ, the mediator who makes God known and accessible. The Father's raising of Jesus and giving him glory provide the firm ground for the believers' faith and hope. Peter thus directs trust ultimately to God, whose resurrection power and exaltation of Christ guarantee that such faith will not be disappointed.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • John 12:44Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
  • Heb 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
  • Acts 2:32–33This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
  • 1 Pet 1:11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
  • 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Eph 1:15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
  • Eph 1:20–23Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Rom 4:24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
  • John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
  • Rom 10:9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
  • John 5:22–24For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
  • 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
  • Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
  • Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
  • John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Jer 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Ps 146:3–5Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
  • Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
  • Eph 1:12–13That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
  • John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • John 13:31–32Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
  • Ps 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
  • Heb 6:1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

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