1 Peter 5:9
Stand against him. Be strong in your faith. You know that your community of believers that is in the world is enduring the same sufferings.
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Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. After you have turned back again, strengthen your brothers.”
Acts 14:22They kept strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter into the kingdom of God through many sufferings.”
Ephesians 4:27Do not give an opportunity to the devil.
Ephesians 6:16In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, by which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
1 Thessalonians 2:15It was the Jews who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets. It was the Jews who drove us out. They do not please God. Instead, they are hostile to all people.
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the everlasting life to which you were called, and about which you gave the good confession before many witnesses.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:9-10
Sobriety and Vigilance Enjoined. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Here the apostle does three things:— I. He shows them their danger from an enemy more cruel and restless than even the worst of men, whom he describes, 1. By his characters and names. (1.) He is an adversary: " That… Read the whole commentary →