1 Peter 5:7

Submit to God, Resist the Devil

5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, ^aall of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
^b“God resists the proud,
But ^cgives grace to the humble.”

6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

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.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care - · Your anxiety, your distracting care, on him, for he careth for you, ̔ ̔ , for he meddles or concerns himself, with the things that interest you. Whatever things concern a follower of God, whether they be spiritual or temporal, or whether in themselves great or small, God concerns himself with them; what affects them affects him; in all their afflictions he is afflicted. He who knows that God cares for him, need have no anxious cares about himself. This is a plain reference to Psalms 55:22 : Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee. He will bear both thee and thy burden.

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