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who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Faith's Path to God
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that we can only truly believe in God "through him" (Christ). God's majesty is too vast for us to comprehend on our own, and our sin makes us fear His justice. Jesus, as the perfect Mediator, makes God accessible and approachable, allowing us to come to the Father with confidence instead of dread. Our faith is not in a vague deity, but in the God revealed by Jesus.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who by him do believe in God. Faith is sometimes represented particularly as exercised in God, and sometimes in Christ. It is always a cha…
Who through him are believers in God (τους δι' αυτου πιστους εις θεον). Accusative case in apposition with υμας (you), "the throug…
19th Century
Anglican
Who through him believe in God.—The sentence is connected to the preceding verse just as in 1 Peter 1:5, Who are k…
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Baptist
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, tha…
The section closes with a statement about the believers’ faith in God. That faith comes through the work of Jesus because he is the one who reveals…
16th Century
Protestant
Who believe The manifestation of Christ does not refer to all indiscriminately but belongs only to those on whom he shines through the Gos…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who by him do believe in God Christ, as God, is the object of faith; as Mediator, he is the way to the Father, by wh…
Holy confidence in God as a Father and awe-filled fear of Him as a Judge harmonize; and to regard God always as a Judge endears Him to us as a Fath…
