But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Parallel translations
- WEB but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
- BSB But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
- NKJV But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
- NASB but I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
- NLT But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”
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Quick answer
Jesus tells Peter He has prayed that his faith would not fail and charges him, once restored, to strengthen his brothers. It shows Christ's intercession preserving His own.
Overview
Though Peter will deny Jesus, Christ's prayer secures that his faith will not be utterly destroyed but will recover. Jesus foresees both the fall and the restoration, turning Peter's failure into future ministry. This is a vivid picture of Christ's ongoing intercession by which He keeps believers to the end.
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Cross-references · 33
- John 21:15–17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- 1 Pet 5:8–10Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- John 17:9–11I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- Rom 8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
- 2 Cor 1:4–6Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
- Heb 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- 2 Pet 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- 1 Jn 2:1–2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- 1 Pet 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Heb 12:12–13Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
- Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Luke 22:61–62And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
- Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- 2 Pet 3:17–18Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
- 2 Pet 1:10–12Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- John 17:15–21I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- Heb 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Ps 32:3–6When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- Ps 51:12–13Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Matt 18:3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- 1 Tim 1:13–16Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- Matt 26:75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- Mark 14:72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Mark 16:7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
- Zech 3:2–4And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
- John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
- Rom 5:9–10Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
- 1 Pet 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
- Rom 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
- Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
- 2 Tim 2:18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
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