33 Truths at Salvation for Every Believer
Key Verse: 1 Peter 1:4 · NASB1995
Key Verse
“to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you”
1 Peter 1:4In turn, believers are promised an inheritance of their own — one that can never perish, spoil, or fade, no matter what is lost here.
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“who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.”
Ephesians 1:14 · NASB1995“knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.”
Colossians 3:24 · NASB1995“For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
Hebrews 9:15 · NASB1995First Peter 1:4 promises an inheritance “reserved in heaven for you.” Ephesians 1:14 says the Spirit Himself is given “as a pledge of our inheritance,” a down payment guaranteeing the rest is coming. Colossians 3:24 promises “the reward of the inheritance” from the Lord you serve, and Hebrews 9:15 ties it directly to Christ’s death, which secured for “those who have been called” the very “promise of the eternal inheritance.”
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Read 1 Peter 1 · NASB95 on Blue Letter BibleAdapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).
Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.