1 Peter 1:21 (WEB)

Passage

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ;

1 Peter 1:20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

1 Peter 1:21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "through", "believers", "raised", "dead", "gave", "glory", and "hope". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "through", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "who was foreknown indeed before the foundation..." into verse 22's "Seeing you have purified your souls in...", so "faith" and "through" 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 "faith" and "through" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.