1 Peter 1:8
For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
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9returning with the goal of your faith, the salvation of souls.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:9The keepers who circulate through the city found me. They struck me, and wounded me. The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.
Habakkuk 3:17For the fig tree will not flower, and there will be no bud on the vines. The labor of the olive tree will be misleading, and the farmland will produce no food. The sheep will be cut off from the sheepfold, and there will be no herd at the manger.
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
John 14:15If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:24Whoever does not love me, does not keep not my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.
John 20:29Jesus said to him: “You have seen me, Thomas, so you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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 →