1 Peter 1:6

In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:

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In The King James Version

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

In Context

5Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

7That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:3That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue [I say] beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:4-6

Privileges of Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. We come now to the body of the epistle, which begins with, I. A congratulation of… Read the whole commentary →

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