Romans 15:13
About this versePaul prays that the God who gives hope will fill believers with joy and peace as they trust him, so their hope overflows by the Spirit's power.
1 Peter 1:3
Peter praises God, whose great mercy has given believers a new birth into a living hope through Jesus' resurrection.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Out of his great mercy he has given us a new birth. Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead he has brought us into a hope that is alive,
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What 1 Peter 1:3 means
Peter opens his letter with praise rather than instruction, and the hope he names is described as *living* — not a wish that may or may not hold, but something with a pulse, grounded in an event that has already happened.
The resurrection is what makes the hope living rather than sentimental. Peter is writing to Christians facing real hostility, and he begins by reminding them their hope rests on something entirely outside their circumstances.
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Questions about 1 Peter 1:3
What does 1 Peter 1:3 mean?
It praises God for new birth into a living hope, given out of his great mercy and secured by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
What makes the hope ‘living’?
That it rests on the resurrection — a completed event — rather than on optimism about the future. It is hope with a foundation already in place.