1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
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9For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:9What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?
Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
Matthew 25:35For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
John 14:15If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
John 14:24He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
John 20:29Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:7-10
Privileges of Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your… Read the whole commentary →