<p>1:21 <i>Who through him are believers in God</i> <i>who raised him from the dead and gave him glory</i>- Nearly everyone in the first century believed in the God-idea. There were very few atheists. Hence the radical nature of statements like 1 Pet. 1:21: we &quot;through him Jesus are believers in God&quot;, because God raised Jesus from the dead. The resurrection of the Lord inspires faith in the Father to such an extent that anyone whose faith in 'God' is not based on the risen Jesus does not actually count as a believer in God.</p><p><i>So that your faith and hope might be in God-</i> The hope / certain expectation which is in view is not simply the existence of God, but of final salvation. That is guaranteed by the Lord's death and resurrection.</p>