To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
- KJV To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- BSB To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.
- NKJV To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- NLT All power to him forever! Amen.
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Quick answer
Peter ascribes glory and power to God forever. It closes his exhortation with worship of the sovereign God of grace.
Overview
This brief doxology responds to the promise of verse 10 by giving God all glory and dominion. It affirms that the God who keeps and restores His people reigns with everlasting power. The 'Amen' invites the church to join in this confident praise.
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Cross-references · 4
- 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- Rev 1:6and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Rev 5:13I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
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