1 Peter 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 1:6

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

BSB

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ASV

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

KJV

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM 39 (253)

Read "grieve" in this verse in the sense of "suffer," as in "in grief you shall bring forth children." For a woman experiences grief not in bearing children but rather in suffering before birth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

If need be - For it is not always needful. If God sees it to be the best means for your spiritual profit. Ye are in heaviness - Or sorrow; but not in darkness; for they still retained both faith, 1 Pe i, 5, hope, and love; yea, at this very time were rejoicing with joy unspeakable, 1 Pe i, 8.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 222: “The Christian's Heaviness and Rejoicing” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1858)

THIS VERSE TO A WORLDLY MAN looks amazingly like a contradiction; and even to a Christian man, when he understands it best, it will still be a paradox. “Ye greatly rejoice,” and yet “ye are in heaviness.” Is that possible? Can there be in the same heart great rejoicing, and yet a temporary heaviness? Most assuredly. This paradox has been known and felt by many of the Lord’s children, and it is far from being the greatest paradox of the Christian life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ᾧ	hō	which	G3739 →
ἀγαλλιᾶσθε	agalliasthe	you greatly rejoice	G21 →
ὀλίγον	oligon	for a little while	G3641 →
ἄρτι,	arti	at present,	G737 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
δέον	deon	being necessary	G1163 →
ἐστίν,	estin	it is,	G1510 →
λυπηθέντες	lupēthentes	having been put to grief	G3076 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
ποικίλοις	poikilois	various	G4164 →
πειρασμοῖς	peirasmois	trials	G3986 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:6–8
  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
Through
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
  For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- 1 Peter 1:6–7
  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
- Jude 1:24
  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
Through
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
leads to
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.