1 Peter 5:9
whom you must resist, steadfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings of your brotherhood to be accomplished in the world.
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Luke 22:32and I implored for you that your faith may not fail; and you, when you turned, strengthen your brothers.”
Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that it is required of us to enter into the Kingdom of God through many tribulations,
Ephesians 4:27neither give place to the Devil;
Ephesians 6:16in all, having taken up the shield of faith, in which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one,
1 Thessalonians 2:15who put to death both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and persecuted us, and they are not pleasing God, and [are] contrary to all men,
1 Timothy 6:12Be striving the good strife of the faith; be laying hold on the continuous life to which you also were called, and did profess the right profession 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 →