1 Peter 1:20 (DRB)

Passage

Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled

1 Peter 1:20 Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

1 Peter 1:21 Who through him are faithful in God who raised him up from the dead and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "foreknow", "world", "foreknown", "indeed", "before", "foundation", "manifested", and "last". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "foreknow" and "world", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "But with the precious blood of Christ..." into verse 21's "Who through him are faithful in God...", so "foreknow" and "world" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "foreknow" and "world" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.