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1 Peter 1:20

1 Peter 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Who verily was foreordained,.... Or "foreknown"; that is, by God; and which intends, not barely his prescience of Christ, of what he should be, do, and suffer; but such a previous knowledge of him,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world - That is, it was foreordained, or predetermined, that he should be the great stoning Sacrifice for sin. On the meaning of the word…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Who verily was foreordained - Προεγνωσμενου· Foreknown; appointed in the Divine purpose to be sent into the world, because infinitely approved by the Divine justice.

Before the foundation of the world…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 1:13-23

Here the apostle begins his exhortations to those whose glorious state he had before described, thereby instructing us that Christianity is a doctrine according to godliness, designed to make us not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

who verily was foreordained Literally, foreknown, but the foreknowledge of God implies the foreordaining. Here also we note the coincidence with St Peter's language in Act 2:23; Act 3:18. The Greek…