1 Peter 1:8
He is the one for whom you have ahavah, even though you have not seen him. Though you do not now see him, you have emunah in him + 1:8 as Moshiach and rejoice with simcha inexpressible and full of kavod,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Obtaining the maskana (outcome) of your Emunah, the Yeshu'at Eloheynu of your nefashot (souls).
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:9How is thy beloved more than another beloved, 1 O thou fairest among nashim? 1 How is thy beloved more than another beloved, 1 that thou dost so charge us? 1
Habakkuk 3:17Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom, 1 neither shall grape be on the gefen; 1 the labor of the olive shall fail, 1 and the fields shall yield no okhel; 1 the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, 1 and there shall be no herd in the stalls; 1
Matthew 25:35For I hungered and you gave me something to eat. I thirsted and you gave drink to me. I was a sojourner, and you extended hachnosas orchim (hospitality) to me.
John 14:15If you have ahavah for me, you will be shomer mitzvot regarding my commandments. + 14:15 Ps 103:18
John 14:24The one not having ahavah (agape) for me is not shomer regarding the devarim of me, and the dvar which you hear is not mine but that of HaAv Who sent me. + 14:24 Dt 18:18
John 20:29And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, Because you have seen Me, you have emunah (faith)? Ashrey (Happy) are the ones not having seen and having emunah.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:7-10
Privileges of Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your… Read the whole commentary →