1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing, as to a faithful Creator.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18and “if the righteous scarcely is saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
Cross References
Psalms 31:5Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!
Psalms 138:8The LORD will perform all things for me; Thy goodness, O LORD! endureth ever: Forsake not the works of thine hands!
Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, “My way is hidden from Jehovah, My cause passeth by before my God”?
Isaiah 43:21This people, which I have formed for myself Shall make known my praise.
Isaiah 54:16Behold, I create the smith, Who bloweth up the coals into a fire, And produceth an instrument for his work; I also create the destroyer to lay waste.
Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:13-19
Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part… Read the whole commentary →