1 Peter 5:9

1 Peter 5:9

7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

8 Be¹ sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

10 But¹ may the God of all grace, ^awho called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while,³ perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

11 ^aTo Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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(Luke 4:13; Ephesians 6:11-17; James 4:7.)

steadfast—Compare established in the truth," II Peter 1:12. Satan's power exists only in respect to the unbelieving; the faithful he cannot hurt (I John 5:18). Faith gives strength to prayer, the great instrument against the foe (James 1:6, etc.).

knowing, etc.—"encouragement not to faint in afflictions": your brethren suffer the same; nothing beyond the common lot of Christians befalls you (I Corinthians 10:13). It is a sign of God's favor rather than displeasure, that Satan is allowed to harass you, as he did Job. Your fellow Christians have the same battle of faith and prayer against Satan.

are—are being accomplished according to the appointment of God.

in the world—lying in the wicked one, and therefore necessarily the scene of "tribulation" (John 16:33).

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