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1 Peter 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:


1 Peter 5:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Peter 5:813 words
GreekMeaning
νήψατεnēpsate
do be sober-mindedverbG3525
γρηγορήσατεgrēgorēsate
do watchverbG1127
ho
ThearticleG3588
ἀντίδικοςantidikos
adversarynounG476
ὑμῶνhymōn
of YoupronounG4771
διάβολοςdiabolos
the deviladjectiveG1228
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
λέωνleōn
a lionnounG3023
ὠρυόμενοςōryomenos
roaringverbG5612
περιπατεῖperipatei
he prowls aboutverbG4043
ζητῶνzētōn
seekingverbG2212
τιναtina
a (kind of), any (man, thingpronounG5100
καταπιεῖνkatapiein
devour, drown, swallow (up)verbG2666
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Peter 5:8

But, moreover, the Lord bade us be prudent, and charged us to watch with careful solicitude, lest the adversary, who is always on the watch and always lying in wait, should creep stealthily into our breast, and blow up a flame from the sparks, magnifying small things into the greatest; and so, while soothing the unguarded and careless with a milder air and a softer breeze, should stir up storms and whirlwinds, and bring about the destruction of faith and the shipwreck of…

Cyprian · 3rd century · On Jealousy and Envy, 1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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