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And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  • KJV But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
  • NKJV But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  • NASB After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
  • NLT In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

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Quick answer

After a little suffering, the God of all grace who called believers to eternal glory will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and settle them. It promises that God will complete the very people He has called.

Overview

Against the backdrop of suffering, Peter points to 'the God of all grace' who has already called His people to eternal glory in Christ. Their present afflictions are 'a little while' compared with that glory. God Himself promises to perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle them, assuring that He will finish the work He began.

Cross-references & the web

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  • 2 Cor 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
  • 1 Pet 1:6–7In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
  • Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
  • Ps 138:7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
  • 1 Tim 6:12Fight 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 Th 2:17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
  • Rom 8:28–30And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  • 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Heb 13:20–21Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
  • 1 Cor 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
  • Rom 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
  • Zech 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
  • Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  • Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
  • 1 Pet 1:15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
  • 2 Pet 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
  • 1 Th 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
  • Mic 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  • Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  • Col 1:22–23But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
  • 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
  • Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  • 2 Th 2:14To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Tim 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  • Exod 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  • Rom 15:5Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
  • Col 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
  • Rom 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
  • Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  • Heb 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
  • 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 9:24including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

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