1 Peter 5:9

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

New Heart English Bible

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 self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

10And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

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Cross References

Luke 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith would not fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers."

Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:27neither give place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:16above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are contrary to all men;

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of 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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