1 Peter 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: ”

• 1 Peter 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice - In which hope of salvation. The idea is, that the prospect which they had of the future inheritance was to them a source of the highest joy, even in the midst of thei...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The section contains a deep and rich thanksgiving to God for the certainty of an eternal fellowship with Christ. This no sufferings can mar, nor death itself break. He is the unseen Friend, and since...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Wherein . In (App-104.) which (salvation). greatly rejoice . See Matthew 5:12 . if . App-118. in heaviness . grieved. manifold, &c . See James 1:2 .

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, or, In which ye exult. Though the termination of the Greek verb is doubtful, yet the meaning requires that we read, “ye exult,” rather than “exult ye.” In w...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2381 THE END OF AFFLICTION 1 Peter 1:6-7 . Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your fa...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Wherein ye greatly rejoice - Some refer wherein, εν ᾡ, to the salvation mentioned...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  1 Peter 1:6 .— St. Peter here begins to speak of their persecutions and sufferings, which he enters upon with great tenderness and address; and endeavours to reconcile their minds to them by man...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Wherein - in which salvation. Greatly rejoice , х agalliasthe ( G21 )]...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Greeting in the Name of the Holy Trinity. Encouragement to Hope in Faith and Obedience 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (3-12) PANEGYRIC OF THE GOSPEL FROM A HEBREW POINT OF VIEW. — The Apostle thanks God for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That fact is a regeneration of us, and a pledge of future glory, in view of...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 2 THE HEAVENLY INHERITANCE 1 Peter 1:3-9 "OUT of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," words true of all this letter, but of no part more true than of the thanksgiving with w...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Our Imperishable Inheritance 1 Peter 1:1-12 Scattered strangers ! The designation is true of us all. Note the reference to the Trinity involved in the opening sentence. Our inheritance is pre...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pe...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: (7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishe...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice ,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in which ye shall rejoice": and so the Syriac version, adding, "for ever"; and refer these words to the "last time"; or, times spok...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Ver. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice ] Gr. αγαλλιασθε, ye dance for joy, ye dance...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Wherein In which living hope of such a glorious inheritance, and in being so kept to the enjoyment of it, ye , even now, greatly rejoice Αγαλλιασθε, ye are exceeding glad , or leap for joy...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives)...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Privileges of Christians. A. D.  66.       6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, i...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Wherein; this refers to the whole foregoing sentence; Ye rejoice in your being kept by the power of God unto salvation. Ye greatly rejoice: the Greek word signifies something more than a bare rej...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Great Privilege and Blessing That Is Theirs As God's Elect Which Even Angels Desire To Look Into ( 1 Peter 1:3-12 ). The result of God's foreknowing of us, and of the sanctifying work of the S...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 1:3 . Blessed be .—A characteristic Jewish recognition of God’s mercy. Compare with 2 Corinthians 1:3 ; Ephesians 1:3 . Abundant .—πολὺ, much. Begotten...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Peter 1:6 The Theology of Suffering. I. Temptations or trials reveal faith. (1) Trials, on the one hand, show us the evil that is in us. (2) Afflictions further serve to evoke our good, to lead...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Peter 1:1-2 . Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, thr...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Peter 1:1 . Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ. These are his credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. To the strangers scattered abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice. Joy and trial in the Christian’s life I. The Christian’s joy. 1. It is present joy. God’s service is gladsome even now ( 1 Peter 1:8 ; Philippians 4:4 ). Nor is...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  Expositions 1 Peter 1:1 Peter . It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit of prophecy ( John 1:4...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Praise of God for His Manifold Blessings. The wonderful gifts of God's grace:

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ; 1 Peter 1:7 ; 1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Peter 4:13 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 2:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinth...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory 1 Peter 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As Peter opens his First Epistle he speaks of the strangers scattered throughout certain countries, then he goes on to tell...

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• 1 Peter 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Wherein — That is, in being so kept. Ye even now greatly rejoice, though now for a little while — Such is our whole life, compared to eternity. If need be — For it is not always needful. If God see...

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