1 Peter 5:10
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.
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Study Note
The benediction — 'the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little while' — grounds perseverance through trial in both the divine character ('God of all grace') and the eschatological certainty of calling ('to his eternal glory'). The four verbs — restore (katartisai), confirm (stērixei), strengthen (sthenosei), establish (themeliōsei) — are often related to the imagery of repair and foundation in construction and warfare, suggesting that suffering creates the specific need that divine grace meets. The temporal qualifier 'a little while' (oligon) frames present suffering within an eternal perspective that relativizes it without minimizing it. Romans 8:18 provides the parallel principle: 'the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.'
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And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
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