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1 Peter 1

1 P. 1:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who verily
men (Greek #3303)
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with 1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
KJV usage: even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense.
Pronounce: men
Origin: a primary particle
was foreordained
proginosko (Greek #4267)
to know beforehand, i.e. foresee
KJV usage: foreknow (ordain), know (before).
Pronounce: prog-in-oce'-ko
Origin: from 4253 and 1097
before
pro (Greek #4253)
"fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to
KJV usage: above, ago, before, or ever. In the comparative, it retains the same significations.
Pronounce: pro
Origin: a primary preposition
l the foundation
katabole (Greek #2602)
a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception
KJV usage: conceive, foundation.
Pronounce: kat-ab-ol-ay'
Origin: from 2598
of the world
kosmos (Greek #2889)
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
KJV usage: adorning, world.
Pronounce: kos'-mos
Origin: probably from the base of 2865
, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
was manifest
phaneroo (Greek #5319)
to render apparent (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self).
Pronounce: fan-er-o'-o
Origin: from 5318
in
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
these last
eschatos (Greek #2078)
farthest, final (of place or time)
KJV usage: ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost.
Pronounce: es'-khat-os
Origin: a superlative probably from 2192 (in the sense of contiguity)
times
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
chronos (Greek #5550)
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
KJV usage: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Pronounce: khron'-os
Origin: of uncertain derivation
for
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
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verily.
Gn. 3:15• 15Y enemistad pondré entre ti y la mujer, y entre tu simiente y la simiente suya; ésta te herirá en la cabeza, y tú le herirás en el calcañar. (Gn. 3:15)
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Pr. 8:23• 23Eternalmente tuve el principado, desde el principio, Antes de la tierra. (Pr. 8:23)
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Mi. 5:2• 2Mas tú, Beth-lehem Ephrata, pequeña para ser en los millares de Judá, de ti me saldrá el que será Señor en Israel; y sus salidas son desde el principio, desde los días del siglo. (Mi. 5:2)
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Ro. 3:25• 25Al cual Dios ha propuesto en propiciación por la fe en su sangre, para manifestación de su justicia, atento á haber pasado por alto, en su paciencia, los pecados pasados, (Ro. 3:25)
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Ro. 16:25‑26• 25Y al que puede confirmaros según mi evangelio y la predicación de Jesucristo, segun la revelación del misterio encubierto desde tiempos eternos,
26Mas manifestado ahora, y por las Escrituras de los profetas, según el mandamiento del Dios eterno, declarado á todas las gentes para que obedezcan á la fe;
(Ro. 16:25‑26)
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Ef. 1:4• 4Según nos escogió en él antes de la fundación del mundo, para que fuésemos santos y sin mancha delante de él en amor; (Ef. 1:4)
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Ef. 3:9,11• 9Y de aclarar á todos cuál sea la dispensación del misterio escondido desde los siglos en Dios, que crió todas las cosas.
11Conforme á la determinación eterna, que hizo en Cristo Jesús nuestro Señor:
(Ef. 3:9,11)
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Col. 1:26• 26A saber, el misterio que había estado oculto desde los siglos y edades, mas ahora ha sido manifestado á sus santos: (Col. 1:26)
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2 Ti. 1:9‑10• 9Que nos salvó y llamó con vocación santa, no conforme á nuestras obras, mas según el intento suyo y gracia, la cual nos es dada en Cristo Jesús antes de los tiempos de los siglos,
10Mas ahora es manifestada por la aparición de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo, el cual quitó la muerte, y sacó á la luz la vida y la inmortalidad por el evangelio;
(2 Ti. 1:9‑10)
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Tit. 1:2‑3• 2Para la esperanza de la vida eterna, la cual Dios, que no puede mentir, prometió antes de los tiempos de los siglos,
3Y manifestó á sus tiempos su palabra por la predicación, que me es á mí encomendada por mandamiento de nuestro Salvador Dios;
(Tit. 1:2‑3)
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Ap. 13:8• 8Y todos los que moran en la tierra le adoraron, cuyos nombres no están escritos en el libro de la vida del Cordero, el cual fué muerto desde el principio del mundo. (Ap. 13:8)
but.
in.
 If you get an earthly people spoken of, “from the foundation of the world” is the word used; but if it be the present moment of the richest display of the grace of God, and the Church comes in, you get “before” the foundation of the world. (Compare Eph. 1:4; Titus 1:2; and 1 Peter 1:20 with Matt. 25:34; Rev. 13:8, and Rev. 17:8). The moment the world came in, God said, I am going to have a people in the world (the Jews), but the Church does not belong to the world at all; the Church is a heavenly thing, was thought of in eternity, and belongs to eternity. (Our Heavenly Calling by W.T.P. Wolston)
 As Christ was foreknown and loved by the Father (John 17:24) "before" then, so did God choose in Christ us who now believe "before" the world's foundation, that we should be holy and unblemished before Him in love. It is easy for a Christian to understand Christ foreknown before time began; but how wondrous the grace that God chose us to such an association and for such a purpose! (1 Peter 1:20-21 by W. Kelly)
 The Lamb of God was ordained in eternity, but manifested in time. He appeared “in these last times” (ch. 1:20)—the “end of the world,” (James 4:4) or the “consummation of the ages”(Heb. 9:26). (1 Peter 1 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

W. Kelly Translation

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foreknowna indeed before [the] world’s foundation, but manifested at [the] last of the timesb for your sake,

WK Translation Notes

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a
"Foreordained" goes beyond the word which ought to be rendered faithfully. The absence of the article forbids "who was"; it is assumed rather than asserted.
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The most ancient and best MSS. give this sense; not "at the last time" according to earlier editors.