1 Peter 1:20

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He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

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  • Eph 1:4 : 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.
  • Col 1:26 : 26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.
  • 2 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!
  • Titus 1:2-3 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began. 3 But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.
  • Heb 9:26 : 26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. 10 In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
  • Eph 1:10 : 10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ– the things in heaven and the things on earth.
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
  • Prov 8:23 : 23 From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’ 26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

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    21Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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    4For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.

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    6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

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    2in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.

    3But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

  • Col 1:26
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    26that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

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    11This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

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    2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

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    2This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

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    20so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you– that is, Jesus.

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    9because you are attaining the goal of your faith– the salvation of your souls.

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    13Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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    9and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

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    5(which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

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    4who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

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    26for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

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    5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

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    16For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

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    22but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him–

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    11For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.

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    8He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    18By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

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    14He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

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    4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.