1 Peter 5:9
whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.
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Luke 22:32and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'
Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,
Ephesians 4:27neither give place to the devil;
Ephesians 6:16above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,
1 Thessalonians 2:15who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men [are] contrary,
1 Timothy 6:12be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession 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 →