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Beloved, don`t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
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Expect Trials, Don't Be Surprised
Commentators unanimously agree that Peter's primary message is to not be surprised by persecution. Suffering is not a strange or unexpected event for a believer. Scholars like John Calvin suggest Christians should be prepared for it, viewing it as a normal part of following Christ, who himself was hated by the world. It is a sign you are a 'stranger' in this world, not that God has abandoned you.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beloved, think it not strange. Do not consider it as anything that you had no reason to expect; as anything that might not also happen to …
Think it not strange (μη ξενιζεσθε). Prohibition with μη and the present passive imperative of ξενιζω, for which verb see 4:4. "Be…
19th Century
Anglican
Beloved.—See Note on 1 Peter 2:11.
Think it not strange.—The same word as in [Reference 1 Pete…
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Baptist
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
In Pe…
“Dear friends” () marks the beginning of a new section, which () makes a fitting climax to the letter’s argument. Suffering is not to be regarded a…
16th Century
Protestant
Beloved, think it not strange, or, wonder not. Frequent mention is made in this Epistle of afflictions, the cause of which we hav…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial , &c.] By which may be meant either the destruction of Jerusalem…
Through patience and fortitude in suffering, dependence on God's promises, and adherence to the word the Holy Spirit has revealed, the Holy Spirit …
