1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and [the] sinner appear?
Cross References
Psalms 31:5Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.
Psalms 138:8Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
Isaiah 43:21This people have I formed for myself: they shall shew forth my praise.
Isaiah 54:16Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.
Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:13-19
Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part… Read the whole commentary →