“Who verily was foreordeined before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
- King James Version
For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you
- New American Standard Version (1995)
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,
- Basic English Bible
foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,
- Darby Bible
Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you,
- Webster's Bible
He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,
- Weymouth Bible
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
- World English Bible
Crist Jhesu, that was knowun bifor the makyng of the world, but he is schewid in the laste tymes,
- Wycliffe Bible
foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 1:20
1Pe 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world. See Joh 1:29. Christ was the center of God's plans of salvation from the beginning. But was manifest. Though Christ was God's plan from the beginning he was only manifested in these last times. In that period, the end of the Jewish age and near the end of the temple and of the Jewish nation. For you. Christ was manifested for the sake of his people, who have become his people by faith.