1 Peter 5:9

Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

In Context

8Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

10And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

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Cross References

Luke 22:32But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

Acts 14:22Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:27And do not give way to the Evil One.

Ephesians 6:16And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.

1 Thessalonians 2:15Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

1 Timothy 6:12Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

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 →

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