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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Plain English
Peter blesses God, who "hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Begotten us again means He has caused us to be born again. A lively hope is a living hope, not a wish that already died. It stands on Jesus' resurrection and on God's abundant mercy.
Devotional
A brown stem in the yard looks finished until a green shoot pushes through after a cold month. You did not glue the leaf on. Life showed up. Mercy gives God's people a living hope like that, and the ground of it is Jesus Christ risen from the dead.
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