1 Peter 1 · Verse 21

1 Peter 1:21

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:21, King James Version

1 Peter 1:21 in other translations

BSB	Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
WEB	who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
ASV	who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
YLT	who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.
DARBY	who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.
BBE	Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
Webster	Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

What does 1 Peter 1:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

21. by him--Compare "the faith which is by Him," Ac 3:16. Through Christ: His Spirit, obtained for us in His resurrection and ascension, enabling us to believe. This verse excludes all who do not "by Him believe in God," and includes all of every age and clime that do. Literally, "are believers in God." "To believe IN (Greek, 'eis') God" expresses an internal trust: "by believing to love God, going INTO Him, and cleaving to Him, incorporated into His members. By this faith the ungodly is justified, so that thenceforth faith itself begins to work by love" [P. Lombard]. To believe ON (Greek, "epi," or dative case) God expresses the confidence, which grounds itself on God, reposing on Him. "Faith IN (Greek, 'en') His blood" (Ro 3:25) implies that His blood is the element IN which faith has its proper and abiding place. Compare with this verse, Ac 20:21, "Repentance toward (Greek, 'eis,' 'into,' turning towards and going into) God and faith toward (Greek, 'eis,' 'into') Christ": where, as there is but one article to both repentance and faith, the two are inseparably joined as together forming one truth; where "repentance" is, there "faith" is; when one knows God the Father spiritually, then he must know the Son by whom alone we can come to the Father. In Christ we have life: if we have not the doctrine of Christ, we have not God. The only living way to God is through Christ and His sacrifice. that raised him--The raising of Jesus by God is the special ground of our "believing": (1) because by it God declared openly His acceptance of Him as our righteous substitute; (2) because by it and His glorification He received power, namely, the Holy Spirit, to impart to His elect "faith": the same power enabling us to believe as raised Him from the dead. Our faith must not only be IN Christ, but BY and THROUGH Christ. "Since in Christ's resurrection and consequent dominion our safety is grounded, there 'faith' and 'hope' find their stay" [Calvin]. that your faith and hope might be in God--the object and effect of God's raising Christ. He states what was the actual result and fact, not an exhortation, except indirectly. Your faith flows from His resurrection; your hope from God's having "given Him glory" (compare 1Pe 1:11, "glories"). Remember God's having raised and glorified Jesus as the anchor of your faith and hope in God, and so keep alive these graces. Apart from Christ we could have only feared, not believed and hoped in God. Compare 1Pe 1:3, 7-9, 13, on hope in connection with faith; love is introduced in 1Pe 1:22.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 21. Who by him do believe in God. Faith is sometimes represented particularly as exercised in God, and sometimes in Christ. It is always a characteristic of true religion that a man has faith in God. Mk 11:22.

That raised him up from the dead. Acts 2:24; Acts 3:15, Acts 3:26; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; Acts 13:30; Rom 4:24; 1Cor 15:15. And gave him glory. By exalting him at his own right hand in heaven, Php 2:9, 1Timm 3:16, Eph 1:20,21. That your faith and hope might be in God. That is, by raising up the Lord Jesus, and exalting him to heaven, he has laid the foundation of confidence in his promises, and of the hope of eternal life. 1Pet 1:3. Comp. 1Cor 15; Col 1:27, 1Thes 1:3; 1Timm 1:1.

(c) "and gave" Mt 28:18, Php 2:9

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 21 Who by him do believe in God - This is supposed to refer to the Gentiles, who never knew the true God till they heard the preaching of the Gospel: the Jews had known him long before, but the Gentiles had every thing to learn when the first preachers of the Gospel arrived amongst them. Gave him glory - Raised him to his right hand, where, as a Prince and a Savior, he gives repentance and remission of sins. That your faith - In the fulfillment of all his promises, and your hope of eternal glory, might be in God, who is unchangeable in his counsels, and infinite in his mercies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Peter 1:17-25

Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan…

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1 Peter 1:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοὺςtouswhoG3588

δι᾽di᾽throughG1223

αὐτοῦautouHimG846

πιστοὺςpistousbelievingG4103

εἰςeisinG1519

θεόν,theonGod,G2316

τὸνtonthe [one]G3588

ἐγείρανταegeirantahaving raised upG1453

αὐτὸνautonHimG846

ἐκekout fromG1537

νεκρῶνnekrōn[the] deadG3498

καὶkaiandG2532

δόξανdoxangloryG1391

αὐτῷautōHimG846

δόντα,dontahaving given,G1325

ὥστεhōsteso as forG5620

τὴνtēntheG3588

πίστινpistinfaithG4102

ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771

καὶkaiandG2532

ἐλπίδαelpidahopeG1680

εἶναιeinaito beG1511

εἰςeisinG1519

θεόν.¶theonGod.G2316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Peter 1:21

Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
John 12:44
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Acts 2:32-33
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Ephesians 1:15
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
1 Peter 3:22
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
1 Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
John 5:22-24
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
Psalms 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

by.
Joh 5:24; 12:44; 14:6; Heb 6:1; 7:25
that raised.
Ac 2:24,32; 3:15; 4:10
gave.
11; 3:22; Mt 28:18; Joh 3:34; 5:22,23; 13:31,32; 17:1; Ac 2:33; 3:13
Eph 1:20-23; Php 2:9-11; Heb 2:9
your.
Ps 42:5; 146:3-5; Jer 17:7; Joh 14:1; Eph 1:12,13; *marg:
Eph 1:15; Col 1:27; 1Ti 1:1

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Context

1 Peter 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter 1:21
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 1:22
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:

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1 Peter 1:21 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Que por él creéis á Dios, el cual le resucitó de los muertos, y le ha dado gloria, para que vuestra fe y esperanza sea en Dios.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	qui, par lui, croyez en Dieu qui l’a ressuscité d’entre les morts et lui a donné la gloire, en sorte que votre foi et votre espérance soient en Dieu.
German Elberfelder 1871	die ihr durch ihn glaubet an Gott, der ihn aus den Toten auferweckt und ihm Herrlichkeit gegeben hat, auf daß euer Glaube und eure Hoffnung auf Gott sei.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	qui per ipsum fideles estis in Deo, qui suscitavit eum a mortuis, et dedit ei gloriam, ut fides vestra et spes esset in Deo: