1 Peter 1:6 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:6-9

The first word, wherein, refers to the apostle's foregoing discourse about the excellency of their present state, and their grand expectations for the future. ?In this condition you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, or a little while, if need be, you are made sorrowful through manifold temptations,? 1 Pet. 1:6. I. The apostle grants they were in great affliction, and propounds several things in mitigation of their sorrows. 1. Every sound Christian has always something wherein he may... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:6-7

1:6-7 Herein you rejoice, even if it is at present necessary that for a brief time you should be grieved by all kinds of trials, for the object of these trials is that your tried and tested faith, more precious than gold which perishes though it is tested by the fire, may win praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ shall appear. Peter comes to the actual situation in life in which his readers found themselves. Their Christianity had always made them unpopular, but now they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice ,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in which ye shall rejoice": and so the Syriac version, adding, "for ever"; and refer these words to the "last time"; or, times spoken of in the preceding verse; when the saints will greatly rejoice, being in full possession of eternal salvation; in distinction from the present time, in which they are in heaviness; but it is better to read the words in the present tense, and as expressive of the saints in this life, who are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice - Some refer wherein, εν ᾡ , to the salvation mentioned above; others, to the last time, καιρῳ εσχατῳ , in 1 Peter 1:5 ; others think that it applies to the being kept by the power of God through faith; and others, that it refers to all the preceding advantages and privileges. It was in the present salvation of God that they rejoiced or gloried, though not without having an eye to the great recompense of reward. Though now for a season - Ολιγον αρτι·... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:6

Verse 6 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, or, In which ye exult. Though the termination of the Greek verb is doubtful, yet the meaning requires that we read, “ye exult,” rather than “exult ye.” In which refers to the whole that is said of the hope of salvation laid up in heaven. But he rather exhorts than praises them; for his object was to shew what fruit was to come from the hope of salvation, even spiritual joy, by which not only the bitterness of all evil might be mitigated, but also all sorrow... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice. Is the word "wherein" ( ἐν ῷ ) to be referred to the whole sentence, and to be understood of the Christian's present privileges and hopes? or is it to be taken in a temporal sense with the words immediately preceding it, "in the last time"? Authorities are divided. Of those who take the latter view some regard "the last time"—as the object of the Christian's joyful hope—he rejoices now in the hope of the glory of God; others give the verb a quasi-future... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice - In which hope of salvation. The idea is, that the prospect which they had of the future inheritance was to them a source of the highest joy, even in the midst of their many sufferings and trials. On the general grounds for rejoicing, see the Romans 5:1-2 notes; Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:4 notes; 1 Thessalonians 5:16 note. See also the notes at 1 Peter 1:8. The particular meaning here is, that the hope which they had of their future inheritance enabled them to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:6

1 Peter 1:6. Wherein In which living hope of such a glorious inheritance, and in being so kept to the enjoyment of it, ye, even now, greatly rejoice Αγαλλιασθε , ye are exceeding glad, or leap for joy, though for a season, ολιγον αρτε , now A little while: such is our whole life compared to eternity! if need be When God sees it needful, and the best means for your spiritual profit; ye are in heaviness Λυπηθεντες , grieved, or in sorrow; but not in darkness: for they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:1-12

1:1-2:10 HIGH STATUS FOR GOD’S PEOPLEThe character of salvation (1:1-12)Peter’s readers are ‘God’s scattered people’, an expression that Peter uses with a wide meaning. In relation to their place of local residence, they are God’s people scattered throughout northern Asia Minor. But in relation to heaven, they are God’s people scattered in a foreign land. Their true homeland is heaven, and the foreign land is the world. They really belong to God. He chose them and cleansed them, with the aim... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 1:6

Wherein = In ( App-104 .) which (salvation). greatly rejoice . See Matthew 5:12 . if . App-118 . in heaviness = grieved. manifold, &c . See James 1:2 . read more