1 Peter 1:3 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹³ For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

³ "In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." ⁴ "How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?" ⁵ "In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. ⁶ All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual. ⁷ Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn. ⁸ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

²⁵ For Jesus 'was given up to death to atone for our offences,' and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.

⁴ For we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope, ⁵ And that 'hope never disappoints.' For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;

¹⁰ For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ's Life.

¹⁵ But there is a contrast between Adam's Offence and God's gracious Gift. For, if by reason of the offence of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving-kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving-kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished upon the whole race. ¹⁶ There is a contrast, too, between the gift and the results of the one man's sin. The judgment, which followed upon the one man's sin, resulted in condemnation, but God's gracious Gift, which followed upon many offences, resulted in a decree of righteousness. ¹⁷ For if, by reason of the offence of the one man, Death reigned through that one man, far more will those, upon whom God's loving- kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find Life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Briefly then, just as a single offence resulted for all mankind in condemnation, so, too, a single decree of righteousness resulted for all mankind in that declaration of righteousness which brings Life. ¹⁹ For, as through the disobedience of the one man the whole race was rendered sinful, so, too, through the obedience of the one, the whole race will be rendered righteous. ²⁰ Law was introduced in order that offences might be multiplied. But, where sins were multiplied, the loving-kindness of God was lavished the more, ²¹ In order than, just as Sin had reigned in the realm of Death, so, too, might Loving-kindness reign through righteousness, and result in Immortal Life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

¹¹ And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

²⁴ By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?

¹² Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;

¹³ May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹³ Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.

²⁰ But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-merciful Father, the God ever ready to console,

³ Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.

⁷ For in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offenses.

¹⁷ My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all- glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;

⁴ Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,

⁶ And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high, ⁷ In order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving- kindness. ⁸ For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's. ⁹ It is not due to obedience to Law, lest any one should boast. ¹⁰ For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

²⁰ To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive--

²³ If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

²⁷ To whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden Truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles--'Christ among you! Your Hope of glory!'

³ Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹³ We do not wish you to remain in ignorance, Brothers, with regard to those who have passed to their rest, that your grief may not be like that of others, who have no hope.

¹⁴ and the loving-kindness of our Lord was boundless, and filled me with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.

¹³ while we are awaiting our Blessed Hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.

⁴ But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for man were revealed, he saved us, ⁵ not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;

⁶ the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.

¹⁸ For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false--we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us. ¹⁹ This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it 'reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,'

¹⁸ Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.

²³ since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.

² like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation--

²¹ And baptism, which this foreshadowed, now saves you--not the mere cleansing of the body, but the search of a clear conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

²⁹ Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.

³ And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.

⁹ No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.

¹ Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.

⁴ because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world--our faith!

¹⁸ We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.