1 Peter 5:9

Translations

Modern

Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

Traditional

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Literal

…whom you should resist, firm in the faith, knowing the same sufferings in your brotherhood to be experienced in the world.

Latin

…cui resistite fortes in fide: scientes eamdem passionem ei quæ in mundo est vestræ fraternitati fieri.

Original

Greek

English

Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

Notes

1 Peter 5:9

your brothers: Here, the Greek word adelphoi refers to people, both male and female, who are members of the same family.
throughout the world: Persecution was not limited to the churches in Asia Minor. Christians faced persecution in many places, in different ways and with different levels of intensity, wherever the good news about Jesus Christ was preached. Peter reminds his audience of this to comfort them and to encourage them to follow the example of those who had already endured suffering with faith.

1 Peter 5:1–14

Peter concludes the letter with directions to:

elders (5:1–4),
younger people (5:5), and
the entire church (5:5–11).

He then gives final greetings and ends the letter (5:12–14).

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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Ephesians 6:11–13
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Ephesians 6:16
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
Hebrews 11:33
…who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
Ephesians 4:27
…and do not give the devil a foothold.
Colossians 2:5
For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

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