1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you;

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¹² Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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