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Why do we need endurance, and what help do we have? (1 Peter 5:10)
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Why do we need endurance, and what help do we have? (1 Peter 5:10)
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1 Peter 5:10 is speaking into a hard reality: Christians face suffering, opposition and testing (see vv. 8–9). We need endurance (the Greek word hypomonē, patient perseverance) because trials expose and refine our faith, keep us from being driven away by the devil, and carry us to the goal God has called us to — eternal glory in Christ. Endurance is how we “hold fast” until suffering has done its sanctifying work.
The help promised in the verse is both personal and powerful:
- God himself — “the God of all grace” — will act for us.
- He will restore, confirm, strengthen and establish us (so our weakness is met by his renewing power).
- That help comes through Jesus Christ and is accompanied by God’s grace, the ministry of the Spirit, the support of fellow believers (see the surrounding context), prayer, and the promises of Scripture.
In short: we endure because the Christian life involves testing and growth, and we do not endure by our own strength but by the sustaining, restoring grace of God in Christ.
The help promised in the verse is both personal and powerful:
- God himself — “the God of all grace” — will act for us.
- He will restore, confirm, strengthen and establish us (so our weakness is met by his renewing power).
- That help comes through Jesus Christ and is accompanied by God’s grace, the ministry of the Spirit, the support of fellow believers (see the surrounding context), prayer, and the promises of Scripture.
In short: we endure because the Christian life involves testing and growth, and we do not endure by our own strength but by the sustaining, restoring grace of God in Christ.
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