1 Peter 5:10

Now it is the God of grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Jesus the Messiah, that hath given us, while we sustain these light afflictions, to be strengthened, and confirmed, and established by him for ever:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

In Context

9Therefore resist him, being steadfast in the faith: and know ye, that the same sufferings befall your brethren that are in the world.

11to whom be glory, and power, and honor, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Cross References

Romans 5:20And the entrance given to the law, was that sin might increase: and where sin increased, there grace abounded.

Romans 9:11before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.

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 →

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