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1 Peter 1:4

Heaven and the new creationEternal lifeHope

2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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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,
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to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
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unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
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to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in [the] heavens for you,
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into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, being kept in the heavens for you⁺,
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til en uforgjengelig og usmittet og uvisnelig arv, som er gjemt i himlene for dere,
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til å motta en arv som er uforgjengelig, ubesmittet og uvisnelig, bevart i himmelen for dere,
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til en uforgjengelig og usmittet og uvisnelig arv, som er gjemt i himlene for eder,

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  • Revelation 21:27

    And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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  • Hebrews 9:15

    And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

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  • 1 Peter 5:4

    And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:8

    Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

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  • Matthew 25:34

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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  • Colossians 1:5

    For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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  • Ephesians 1:18

    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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  • Ezekiel 47:12

    And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

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