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1 Peter 1:8-9 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 1 · verses 8–9
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.1 Peter 1:8-9 · King James Version
What 1 Peter 1:8-9 means
Peter had seen him, and he's writing to people who hadn't. Joy unspeakable means joy you can't get to the bottom of in words, and it's tied to believing rather than seeing. Receiving the end of your faith is present tense — the salvation of your souls isn't only out ahead.
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1 Peter 1:8-9 in context
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 20:29
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
- Romans 15:13
- Hebrews 11:1
- John 16:22
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
- 1 Peter 1:6
- Hebrews 11:27
- Romans 6:22
- James 1:21
Key words (Strong's)
- believingpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- Receivingkomizōto care for, take care of, provide for, to take up or carry away in order to care for and…G2865 →
- salvationsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- rejoiceagalliaōto exult, rejoice exceedingly, be exceeding gladG21 →
- havingeidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- glorydoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- soulspsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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The first word, wherein, refers to the apostle's foregoing discourse about the excellency of their present state, and their grand expectations for the future. "In this condition you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, or a little while, if need be, you are made sorrowful through manifold temptations," Pe1 1:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9