1 Peter 5:9

Resist him by being strong in faith, being aware that the same passions afflict those who are your brothers in the world.

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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 sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.

10But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.

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Cross References

Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, once converted, may confirm your brothers.”

Acts 14:22And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.

Ephesians 4:27Provide no place for the devil.

Ephesians 6:16In all things, take up the shield of faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.

1 Thessalonians 2:15who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called, and make a good profession of faith 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 →

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