1 Peter 1:2

New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

Word-by-Word Analysis

בָּחִיר

bâchîyr

H972

select

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פֶּה

peh

H6310

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...

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to the

πρόγνωσις

prógnōsis

G4268

forethought

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of

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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the

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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ἁγιασμός

hagiasmós

G38

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

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of the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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unto

יִקָּהָה

yiqqâhâh

H3349

obedience

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and

יוֹרֶה

yôwreh

H3138

sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)

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of the

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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of

Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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חֵן

chên

H2580

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

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unto you and

שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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be

רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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Key Terms in This Verse

foreknowledge G4268

πρόγνωσις prógnōsis

forethought

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sprinkling H3138

יוֹרֶה yôwreh

sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)

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sanctification G38

ἁγιασμός hagiasmós

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

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obedience H3349

יִקָּהָה yiqqâhâh

obedience

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Elect H972

בָּחִיר bâchîyr

select

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multiplied H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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Grace H2580

חֵן chên

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

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peace H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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through H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:13 cross-reference

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 t...

Hebrews 12:24 cross-reference

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

1 Peter 1:22 cross-reference

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Romans 11:2 cross-reference

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

Acts 2:23 cross-reference

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

2 Peter 1:2 cross-reference

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

Romans 16:26 cross-reference

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

1 Corinthians 6:11 cross-reference

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

2 Timothy 2:10 cross-reference

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Hebrews 10:22 cross-reference

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Mark 13:20 cross-reference

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Romans 8:33 cross-reference

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

Matthew 24:22 cross-reference

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Romans 16:19 cross-reference

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

Deuteronomy 7:6 cross-reference

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Mark 13:27 cross-reference

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Luke 18:7 cross-reference

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Isaiah 65:22 cross-reference

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Hebrews 11:28 cross-reference

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Romans 1:7 cross-reference

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Daniel 4:1 cross-reference

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

Matthew 24:24 cross-reference

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Romans 15:16 cross-reference

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Romans 8:13 cross-reference

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

1 Peter 2:9 cross-reference

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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