1 Peter 1:20
J.C. Thibodaux
[Speaking of Christ] Who verily was foreordained [literally: 'foreknown'] before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you...
1 Peter 1:20
Calvinists sometimes try to use this passage to prove that 'foreknowledge' as it relates to salvation actually means 'forelove': Stating that Christ was 'loved by God' before the foundaton of the world, so that it must mean that when the Bible says 'foreknew,' it must mean 'foreloved.' The context of the passage would seem to indicate otherwise. The latter half of the verse seems to imply that His coming and atoning death and resurection were known before the foundation of the world, [and was subsequently told by His Spirit to the prophets of old], but that now Christ is revealed. It is most likely though that it is referring to Christ's being ordained before the foundation of the world (as many Bible translators attest to).
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