Bible Strands
1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses scattered believers under active persecution, sandwiching this command between the warning that the devil prowls (v. 8) and the promise that God will restore them (v. 10).
The words — ἀντὶστητε (antistēte), aorist imperative, carries the sense of a single decisive act of standing against rather than a prolonged struggle.
The thread — James 4:7 pairs submission to God with resistance to the devil; Ephesians 6:11 frames the same stand as armor against schemes; Acts 14:22 grounds endurance in the shared experience of hardship.
Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to resist not in isolation but in the knowledge that the same suffering is happening to believers everywhere, making firmness a communal posture rather than a private feat.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Cross-references
- James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Ephesians 6:11 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,
- Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
- 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.”