6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
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.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)The first word, wherein , refers to the apostle’s foregoing discourse about the excellency of their present state, and their grand expectations for the future. “In this condition you greatly rejoice, though now for a season , or a little while, if need be, you are made sorrowful through manifold temptations ,” 1 Pet. 1:6. I. The apostle grants they were in great affliction, and propounds several t…
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