1 Peter 1:2

Which verses does 1 Peter 1:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 49, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 2 Thessalonians 2:1325 votes

   But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

2. Ephesians 1:4–523 votes

   For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

3. Hebrews 12:2418 votes

   to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

4. 1 Peter 1:2216 votes

   Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

5. Romans 11:215 votes

   God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

6. Acts 2:2314 votes

   He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

7. John 15:16–1913 votes

   You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. This is My command to you: Love one another. …

8. 2 Peter 1:212 votes

   Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

9. Romans 8:29–3011 votes

   For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

10. Romans 16:269 votes

    but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—

11. 1 Corinthians 6:118 votes
12. 2 Timothy 2:108 votes
13. Hebrews 10:227 votes
14. Deuteronomy 7:66 votes
15. Matthew 24:226 votes

    If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

16. Mark 13:206 votes
17. Mark 13:276 votes
18. Luke 18:76 votes
19. Romans 8:336 votes
20. Romans 9:23–246 votes

Which verses point to 1 Peter 1:2?

The 10 strongest of 72.

• Romans 8:29 319
• Philippians 1:6 41
• Ephesians 1:4 34
• 1 Corinthians 6:11 17
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 16
• 2 Corinthians 10:5 14
• 1 Peter 2:9 14
• Leviticus 17:11 13
• Hebrews 10:22 13
• Colossians 3:12 12