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Joy Amidst Sorrow
Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin highlight the Christian's ability to experience both great joy and deep sorrow simultaneously. This isn't a contradiction but a paradox of faith. The sorrow comes from temporary, earthly trials, while the profound joy is rooted in the unshakable hope of salvation and an eternal inheritance, as described in the preceding verses.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 1:6
18th Century
Theologian
Wherein you greatly rejoice. This refers to the hope of salvation. The idea is that the prospect they had of the future inheritance was a …
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 1:6
Wherein (εν ω). This translation refers the relative ω to καιρω, but it is possible to see a reference to Χριστου (verse 3) or to …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 1:6
19th Century
Bishop
Wherein ye greatly rejoice.—“His scope,” says Leighton, “is to stir up and strengthen spiritual joy in his afflicted brethren; and therefo…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 1:6
19th Century
Preacher
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
What! Can ther…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 1:6
“In this” probably refers to anticipation of the future deliverance. As Christians long for their inheritance, they can “rejoice.” Peter goes on to…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 1:6
16th Century
Theologian
Wherein you greatly rejoice, or, In which you exult. Though the termination of the Greek verb is doubtful, the meaning neverthele…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
Wherein you greatly rejoice
The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in which you shall rejoice": and so the Syriac version…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 1:1–9
17th Century
Minister
This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live, and are scattered through the nation…