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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:5 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • BSB who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • NKJV who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • NASB who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • NLT And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

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Quick answer

Believers themselves are guarded by God's power through faith until their salvation is fully revealed. God keeps his people secure to the very end.

Overview

Just as the inheritance is kept for believers, believers are kept for the inheritance—both sides guarded by God's power. This protection works 'through faith,' so divine preservation and persevering trust go together rather than against each other. The 'salvation ready to be revealed in the last time' points to the final consummation at Christ's return, when present rescue becomes complete and visible.

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Cross-references · 35

  • Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 2:8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • Rom 8:31–39What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Th 2:13–14But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
  • Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
  • John 10:28–30And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
  • 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Heb 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
  • John 17:11–12And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
  • Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
  • Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
  • Eph 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Ps 37:23–24The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • 2 Tim 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  • John 17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
  • Isa 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
  • Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • 1 Th 1:3–4Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
  • Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • John 12:48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
  • 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
  • Ps 125:1–2They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
  • Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
  • Jer 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
  • Ps 103:17–18But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
  • 1 Tim 6:14–15That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Heb 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • 2 Cor 1:24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • Prov 2:8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
  • John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

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The lamb without blemish foreknown before the world, who bore our sins in his body on the tree, by whose wounds we are healed — the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.

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