1 Peter 5:10

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1 Peter 5:10

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Summary

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.

Who

Eternal

After

1 Peter 1:6

2 Corinthians 4:17

Make

Stablish

Colossians 2:7

2 Thessalonians 2:17

2 Thessalonians 3:3

Strengthen

Luke 22:32

Philippians 4:13

Colossians 1:22

Settle

1 Peter 4:11

General references

Hebrews 12:8

Bible References

Who

but--in imitation of the holy One who has called you--you also must be holy in all your habits of life.

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

God is ever true to His promises, and it was by Him that you were, one and all, called into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and glory.

To this blessing God has called you by our Good News, so that you may have a share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses.

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are needful for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections.

Eternal

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of God's own people; so that they also may obtain salvation--even the salvation which is in Christ Jesus--and with it eternal glory.

And because of this He is the negotiator of a new Covenant, in order that, since a life has been given in atonement for the offences committed under the first Covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance which has been promised to them.

And this is the promise which He Himself has given us--the Life of the Ages.

After

Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

Make

Finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace. And then God who gives love and peace will be with you.

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--

Stablish

having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.

Strengthen

But *I* have prayed for *you* that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren."

I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

Settle

If any one preaches, let it be as uttering God's truth; if any one renders a service to others, let it be in the strength which God supplies; so that in everything glory may be given to God in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the might to the Ages of the Ages. Amen.

General references

And if you are left without discipline, of which every true son has had a share, that shows that you are bastards, and not true sons.