1 Peter 1:2
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Their chosen standing rests on the Father's foreknowledge, the Spirit's sanctifying work, and the obedience secured by Christ's blood.
What Does 1 Peter 1:2 Mean?
Peter gathers Father, Spirit, and Son into one sentence describing how a scattered people became God's own. The Father knew them, the Spirit sets them apart, and the blood of Jesus marks them for obedience.
The language of sprinkling recalls the covenant at Sinai, where blood sealed a people to their God. Here the initiative is God's and the response is theirs: chosen, yet called to obey. Peter holds both together without strain, then prays that grace and peace would not merely arrive but multiply.
In the Original Language
prognosis (πρόγνωσις), 'foreknowledge' -- God's knowing beforehand, the ground from which his choosing flows.