1 Peter 1:8
You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
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9You are now receiving for yourselves the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:9How is your beloved better than another beloved man, 1 most beautiful among women? 1 Why is your beloved better than another beloved, 1 that you ask us to take an oath like this? The woman speaking to the women of the city 1
Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud 2 and there is no produce from the vines; 2 and though the produce of the olive tree disappoints 2 and the fields yield no food; 2 and though the flock is cut off from the fold 2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do. 1
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;
John 14:15If you love me, you will keep my commandments,
John 14:24He who does not love me does not keep my words. The word that you hear is not from me but from the Father who sent me.
John 20:29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and believed.”
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 →