Study it in the app“according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus the Messiah: grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
according toκατὰthe foreknowledgeπρόγνωσινof Godθεοῦthe Father,πατρόςbyἐνthe sanctificationἁγιασμῷof the Spirit,πνεύματοςforεἰςobedienceὑπακοὴνandκαὶsprinklingῥαντισμὸνwith the bloodαἵματοςof JesusἸησοῦthe Messiah:Χριστοῦgraceχάριςandκαὶpeaceεἰρήνηbe multipliedπληθυνθείηto you.ὑμῖν
foreknowledge
Foreknowledge: what God knows and determines beforehand.
Where else “prognōsin” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearssanctification
Sanctification: being set apart for God and made holy.
Where else “hagiasmōi” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appearsobedience
Obedience: listening and doing what is commanded.
Where else “hypakoēn” appearssprinkling
Sprinkling, as with blood or water.
Where else “rhantismon” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimatos” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsgrace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charis” appearspeace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnē” appearsmultiply, increase
Multiply, increase; in the passive, grow, spread.
Where else “plēthyntheiē” appears“Sprinkling with the blood”: recalls Exodus 24:7-8, where the people promise to obey and are sprinkled with the blood of the covenant.
1Peter, an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to the chosen pilgrims of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 · This verse (above)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah from the dead,
