1 Peter 1:8
whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
9that you may receive the recompence of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Cross References
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I thirsted, and you made me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received me;
John 14:15IF you love me, keep my commandments;
John 14:24But he who loveth me not, keepeth not my word. And the word that you hear is not mine, but of the Father who sent me.
John 20:29Jeshu saith to him, Now that thou hast seen, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen me, and have 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 →