20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

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20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

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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.

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Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be [a]realized in and through Christ, [b]freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:2 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek.
  2. 1 Peter 1:2 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this as a definition of “peace.”