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...