1 Peter 1:6

At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;

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

In Context

5for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.

7that the genuineness of your faith – a thing far more precious than gold, which is perishable, yet has to be tested by fire – may win praise and glory and honor at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:14so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.

Psalms 35:10and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”

Psalms 95:1Come! Let us ring out our joy to the Lord, let us merrily shout to our rock of salvation.

Psalms 119:75I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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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