1 Peter 1:4

Heaven and the new creation Eternal life Hope

² according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

⁵ who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁶ In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
KJV: To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
WEB: to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
ASV: unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
DARBY: to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in [the] heavens for you,
BLB: into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in the heavens for you⁺,

ÅB: til en uforgjengelig og usmittet og uvisnelig arv, som er gjemt i himlene for dere,
OTB: til å motta en arv som er uforgjengelig, ubesmittet og uvisnelig, bevart i himmelen for dere,
B1930: til en uforgjengelig og usmittet og uvisnelig arv, som er gjemt i himlene for eder,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
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1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
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2 Timothy 4:8
From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
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Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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Colossians 1:5
the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
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Ephesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
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Ezekiel 47:12
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
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