1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Study Note
Study Note
Believers are described as those 'kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time' — a passive construction that places the ultimate security of the believer in divine custodianship rather than human perseverance. The present participle 'kept' (phrourouménous) carries military overtones of being guarded by a garrison, assuring persecuted believers that their inheritance is secure even as their present circumstances are not. John 10:28-29 and Romans 8:38-39 develop the same theme, and together these texts form the New Testament's sustained case for what Reformed theology calls 'the perseverance of the saints.'
Other Translations
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
Cross References
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall …
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the …
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto …
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.