1 Peter 1:20 (GNV)

Passage

Which was ordeined before the foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation, receiued by the traditions of the fathers,

1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.

1 Peter 1:20 Which was ordeined before the foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,

1 Peter 1:21 Which by his meanes doe beleeue in God that raised him from the dead, and gaue him glorie, that your faith and hope might bee in God,

1 Peter 1:22 Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "ordeined", "before", "foundation", "declared", "last", "times", and "sakes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "ordeined", 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 "Which by his meanes doe beleeue in...", so "world" and "ordeined" 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 "world" and "ordeined" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.