1 Peter 5:9

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

In Context

8Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh whom he may devour.

10Now 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:

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Cross References

Luke 22:32but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And thou also, in time, turn; and confirm thy brethren.

Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, and entreating them to persevere in the faith; and they told them, that it was necessary, through much affliction, to enter into the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:27And give no place to the Accuser.

Ephesians 6:16And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

1 Thessalonians 2:15the persons who slew our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and persecuted their own prophets and us; and they please not God, and are made hostile to all men;

1 Timothy 6:12And contend in the good contest of faith; and lay hold of life eternal, to which thou art called, and of which thou hast confessed a 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 →

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