1 Peter 1:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But 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: …
Romans 8:31-39
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? …
John 10:28-30
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-5)

We come now to the body of the epistle, which begins with, I. A congratulation of the dignity and happiness of the state of these believers, brought in under the form of a thanksgiving to God. Other epistles begin in like manner, 2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 1:3. Here we have, 1. The duty performed, which is blessing God. A man blesses God by a just acknowledgment of his excellency and blessedness. 2. The obj…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. kept--Greek, “who are being guarded.” He answers the objection, Of what use is it that salvation is “reserved” for us in heaven, as in a calm secure haven, when we are tossed in the world as on a troubled sea in the midst of a thousand wrecks? [Calvin]. As the inheritance is “kept” (1Pe 1:4) safely for the far distant “heirs,” so must they be “guarded” in their persons so as to be sure of reach…