1 Peter 1:20 Explained in Context

Verse 13. ¹³ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Verse 14. ¹⁴ As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Verse 15. ¹⁵ But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Verse 16. ¹⁶ Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Verse 19. ¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Verse 20. ²⁰ Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Verse 21. 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.