1 Peter 1:6

wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a short time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials,

Noyes Bible

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 guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;

7that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold which perisheth, but is tried with fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

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Cross References

Psalms 9:14That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”

Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?

Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing to the LORD; Let us raise a voice of joy to the rock of our salvation!

Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Isaiah 61:3To give gladness to the mourners in Zion; To give them a beautiful crown instead of ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, So that they shall be called blessed terebinth-trees, The plantation of Jehovah for his glory.

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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