1 Peter 5:9

Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

10But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you.

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Cross References

Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.

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

Ephesians 4:27Give not place to the devil.

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

1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before 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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