1 PETER 5:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings — the imperative to 'resist' (antistēmi) the devil is grounded in 'firm faith' (stereos tē pistei), suggesting that faith is the shield against demonic assault. The awareness that believers worldwide (en tō kosmō) share the same sufferings (tōn autōn pathēmatōn) provides encouragement through solidarity.
Church Fathers on 1 Peter 5:9
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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