13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
( 1 Peter 1:13-21 ) KJV
foreordained: προεγνωσμένου – proginóskó
Foreordained: προεγνωσμένου – proginóskó
- to know beforehand
- proginṓskō (from 4253/pró, “before” and 1097/ginṓskō, “to know”) – properly, foreknow; used in the NT of “God pre-knowing all choices – and doing so without pre-determining (requiring) them” (G. Archer).
- See also Jer 18:8-10 on the perfect harmony of divine sovereignty and human freedom.
It sounds similar to prognosis.
The foundation of the world.
a laying down: καταβολῆς – katabolé
Foundation: καταβολῆς – katabolé
- A laying down,
- depositing, sowing, deposit, technically used of the act of conception.
- katabolḗ (from katá, “exactly according to,” down from the most general to the most specific detail, “following all the way along,” and bállō, “to cast”) – properly, a foundation, cast according to a blueprint (original design); the substructure which determines the entire direction (destination) of all that follows; the foundation-plan, upon which the entire super-structure is built; (figuratively) the beginning (founding) that purposefully designs all that follows.
- katabolḗ (“foundation-plan”) typically relates to Christ’s incarnation, i.e. coming to earth in the flesh to be our Redeemer. This divine plan was set and sealed (guaranteed) before creation (Heb 9:26; 1 Pet 1:20; Rev 13:8). In general, (katabolḗ) refers to the basis God has established, upon which all people can know Him. This was laid down before the first ray of sunshine or drop of water touched the earth.
We have a similar idea in Hebrew in the passage Proverbs 8:24-31 where it is rendered I was brought forth.
to whirl, dance, writhe : חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי – ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî
Brought forth: חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי – cholalti
- to whirl, dance, writhe
- twist, writhe:
- in pain, especially childbirth; writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetry), of Sarah, mother of Israel,
- figurative, be in severe pain, or anguish (mostly in poetry and elevated prose),
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