King James Version
1 Peter 5:9 in the King James Version says “Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the w...” — study this verse from 1 Peter chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
1 Peter 5:9 · King James Version
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
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.
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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“in the faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
“knowing”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“that the same”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“afflictions”
G3804something undergone, i.e., hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence
“the world”
G2889orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
“brethren”
G81brotherhood (properly, the feeling of brotherliness), i.e., the (christian) fraternity
“are accomplished”
G2005to fulfill further (or completely), i.e., execute; by implication, to terminate, undergo
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