1 Peter 1:21

By him. Jesus is the agent through whom faith in God is made possible. Without His revelation of the character of God, men in Peter’s day and ours would know no more about God than did people in OT times. Christ’s life, death, and resurrection are the only basis for man’s hope of deliverance.

Raised him up. See on Acts 3:15. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a supreme exhibition of divine power. Without His personal resurrection from the dead Christ could scarcely have been revealed as the conqueror of death (Rev. 1:18); His resurrection is an earnest of the future resurrection of the saints (1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:14). The invincibility of Christianity centers in a resurrected Christ (see on 1 Cor. 15:14-20).

Glory. Gr. doxa (see on John 1:14; Rom. 3:23). The Son had always possessed “glory” (John 17:5), but after His resurrection and exaltation the Father caused this glory to be recognized by men. It was in this sense that God “gave him glory.”

That. This last clause may be paraphrased, “with the result that your faith and hope are directed toward God.” One of the consequences of the exhibition of God’s mighty power in the resurrection and exaltation of Christ should be the strengthening of the Christian’s trust in God. The One who could work so mightily for Jesus can exercise similar power on the believer’s behalf.