1 Peter 5:9
whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
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Luke 22:32but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not: and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, stablish thy brethren.
Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:27neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 6:16withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drave out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess 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 →