Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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Interpretation
Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections.
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This thought runs through 1 Peter 1:17-21.