1 Peter 4:13

Contextual Overview

¹²Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹² Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹² My friends, do not be surprised at the terrible trouble which now comes to test you. Do not think that something strange is happening to you. ¹² Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹² Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire: ¹² Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you. ¹² Amen. Moost dere brytheren, nyle ye go in pilgrymage in feruour, that is maad to you to temptacioun, as if ony newe thing bifalle to you; ¹² Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, ¹² Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you. ¹² Dear friends, don't be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

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rejoice: 1 Peter 1:6, Matthew 5:12, Luke 6:22, Luke 6:23, Acts 5:41, Acts 16:25, Romans 5:3, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, James 1:2, James 1:3

ye are: 1 Peter 5:1, 1 Peter 5:10, Romans 8:17, 2 Corinthians 1:7, 2 Corinthians 4:10, Philippians 3:10, Colossians 1:24, 2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 1:9

when: 1 Peter 1:5, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:13, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:31, Mark 8:38, Luke 17:30, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, Revelation 1:7

ye may: 1 Peter 1:8, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Matthew 25:34

Reciprocal: Psalms 34:19 - Many Proverbs 15:15 - but Proverbs 27:17 - so Isaiah 43:2 - when thou walkest Daniel 3:23 - fell Habakkuk 3:18 - I will rejoice Malachi 3:3 - sit Mark 8:34 - take John 15:21 - all John 16:22 - and your Acts 13:52 - were Romans 2:7 - glory Romans 3:23 - of Romans 8:18 - the glory Romans 8:30 - he justified Romans 12:12 - Rejoicing 1 Corinthians 1:7 - coming 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful Philippians 1:7 - partakers of my Philippians 1:29 - it is Philippians 4:4 - alway 2 Timothy 1:8 - be thou Hebrews 3:14 - we are James 1:12 - the crown 1 Peter 3:14 - if 1 Peter 5:9 - the same 1 John 4:17 - as

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Job 15:22
He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Job 15:22
He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

Job 15:22
He beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes.

Job 15:22
He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd.

Job 15:22
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.

Job 15:22
He does not believe to return from darkness, || And he watches for the sword.

Job 15:22
He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:

Job 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings,.... Not of his personal sufferings; though they were partakers of the benefits and blessings which come through them, and result from them, such as justification, peace, and pardon, and which are matter and ground of rejoicing; but of the sufferings of his body, the church, which is mystically himself; and are called his, because of the union between him and his people, and the sympathy he bears to them, and because they are endured for the sake of him and his Gospel, and conform the saints, and make them like unto him; and therefore suffering saints should rejoice in this, that their sufferings are accounted by Christ as his own, who in all their afflictions is afflicted; and that they are honoured to suffer for his name's sake, and are hereby made like unto him:

that when his glory shall be revealed; the glory of his divine nature, as the only begotten Son of God, in which he will come and appear at the last day; and which, though incommunicable, will be more manifest to all men, and especially to the saints, who will know more of him, as the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person; and when the glory of his office, as Mediator, will be more conspicuous, and shall be beheld by all that the Father has given to him; and also the glory of his human nature, which is now crowned with glory and honour at the right hand of God; and likewise the glory which he has in his hands for his people, even eternal glory and happiness: this is now, in a great measure, unseen, but it will then be revealed, both to the saints and in them; they will appear with Christ in glory, and have a glory both upon their souls and bodies. As they suffer with him, and for his sake, they will be glorified with him, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's glory, and in the glory of his holy angels: the consideration of which, as it must greatly encourage to suffer for his sake, so must be matter of great joy; as follows:

ye may be glad also with exceeding joy; a joy unspeakable, and full of glory, being made partakers of the glory of Christ, either in beholding, or in possessing it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings - That is, sufferings of the same kind that he endured, and inflicted for the same reasons. Compare Colossians 1:24; James 1:2; See the notes at Matthew 5:12. The meaning here is, that they were to regard it as a matter of rejoicing that they were identified with Christ, even in suffering. See this sentiment illustrated at length in the notes at Philippians 3:10.

That, when his glory shall be revealed - At the day of judgment. See the notes at Matthew 26:30.

Ye may be glad also with exceeding joy - Being admitted to the rewards which he will then confer on his people. Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:19. Every good man will have joy when, immediately at death, he is received into the presence of his Saviour; but his joy will be complete only when, in the presence of assembled worlds, he shall hear the sentence which shall confirm him in happiness forever.