7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Matthew Henry
(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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