1 Peter 4:19
Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the irreverent and sinful man appear?
Cross References
Psalms 31:5Into thy hand I commend my spirit. Thou have redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.
Psalms 138:8LORD will perfect that which concerns me. Thy loving kindness, O LORD, [is] forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Isaiah 40:27Why do thou say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from LORD. And the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
Isaiah 43:21the people whom I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
Isaiah 54:16Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy.
Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:13-19
Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part… Read the whole commentary →