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and to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you who because of your faith are being protected by God’s power until the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.[a]

This is a reason for you to rejoice, even if now for a little while you must suffer trials of many kinds.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:5 The end of time: i.e., the time of salvation, which is close at hand in the sense that it is certain; the glorious coming of Christ is the only really new thing to be awaited.

and into an inheritance(A) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(B) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(C) who through faith are shielded by God’s power(D) until the coming of the salvation(E) that is ready to be revealed(F) in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice,(G) though now for a little while(H) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(I)

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