1 Peter 1:8

1:8 You ¹  have not seen him, but you love him. You ²  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ³  with an indescribable and glorious ⁴  joy,

1 Peter 1:5

1:5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:20

1:20 He was foreknown ⁵  before the foundation of the world but ⁶  was manifested in these last times ⁷  for your sake.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ² tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ³ tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “glorified.”

[1:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “who was foreknown,” describing Christ in v. 19. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:20]  ⁶ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[1:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “at the last of the times.”