1 Peter 1:6

You should be overjoyed about this, even if just now, briefly, of necessity, you have been distressed by a variety of trials,

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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

5who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

7so that the demonstrated genuineness of your faith (much more precious than gold that perishes, albeit tested through fire) may translate into praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ

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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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