1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, the fire that is burning among you has come to test you; do not be taken aback by it, as though something alien to you were happening.
Treated in 11 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 1 Pet 4: 12
…more unsavoury. Use one. (1) We are not to wonder to see Israel in the house of bondage. 1 Pet 4: 12. The holiness of the saints will not excuse them from sufferings. Christ was the holy one…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites 1 Peter 4:12–13
…of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” 1 Peter 4:12–13 — “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
Help in the Fires cites 1 PETER 4:12–13
…happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. 1 PETER 4:12–13 Julia Foote’s life was not a triumphal procession. She lost the sight of an eye as a…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Helen Roseveare — The Doctor Who Called Suffering a Privilege cites 1 Peter 4:12–13
…in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:12–13, NIV). She had participated in the suffering. The glory was still coming. She went back…
- The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom ·
The Man of Sorrows in Ravensbrück cites 1 PETER 4:12–13
…that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 PETER 4:12–13 She added a line from Paul’s letter to the Philippians, which she read in Tribulation…
- The Key Teachings of Amanda Berry Smith ·
I Belong to Jesus cites 1 PETER 4:12
…the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. 1 PETER 4:12 Why does God permit such seasons? She gave two sound reasons: first, to develop the…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Cross and the Refiner’s Fire cites 1 PETER 4:12–13
…happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. 1 PETER 4:12–13 Madame Guyon did not write about suffering from a comfortable distance. She had been…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Wilderness State cites 1 Peter 4:12
…(to mention no more) which has been frequently cited in proof of the same doctrine, is 1 Peter 4:12: “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you.” But this…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Heaviness through Manifold Temptations cites 1 Pet. 4:12
…when his glory shall be revealed, ye may likewise rejoice with exceeding great joy.” (1 Pet. 4:12.) 2. Hence we learn, that the first and great end of God’s permitting the temptations…
- At the Master's Feet ·
The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering cites 1 Peter iv.12-13
…furnace, which with all its raging had no power to hurt them (Dan. iii.23-5; 1 Peter iv.12-13). So those who by the baptism of the Holy Spirit have received the new life will never…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Persecution cites 1 Peter 4: 12-14
…resteth upon you: on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified” (1 Peter 4: 12-14). Be very sure that the persecution is really for Christ’s sake and not because of some…