1 Peter 5:9
Whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing the same sufferings are to be accomplished in the world by your brotherhood.
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Luke 22:32but I prayed for thee, so that thy faith may not fail. And thou, when thou have returned, strengthen thy brothers.
Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.
Ephesians 4:27neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 6:16Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.
1 Thessalonians 2:15The men who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and who persecuted us, and are not pleasing to God, and are contrary to all men.
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life for which thou are called, and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:9-10
Sobriety and Vigilance Enjoined. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Here the apostle does three things:— I. He shows them their danger from an enemy more cruel and restless than even the worst of men, whom he describes, 1. By his characters and names. (1.) He is an adversary: " That… Read the whole commentary →