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1 Peter 1:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

1 Peter 1:8

Verse 8 of 25

Scripture focus

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1 Peter 1:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Peter 1:8

Theological / Devotional

Having not seen. Compare John 20:29. Apparently, Peter’s readers had never seen Jesus with the physical eye, yet by faith and trust they experienced a personal union with the Saviour that words could not adequately describe.

Love. Gr. agapad (see on Matt. 5:43; John 21:15).

Believing. See John 20:29; 2 Cor. 5:7.

Rejoice. Gr. agalliad (see on v. 6).

Unspeakable. Or, “unutterable,” that is, beyond the power of human language to express. The joy of spiritual union with Christ is beyond the comprehension of the unconverted and beyond the ability of the Christian believer to describe.

Full of glory. Although the fullness of a glorified experience is possible only after the second advent of Christ, the Christian now may taste (see Heb. 6:5) the sweetness of the presence of God as he allows his life to be directed by the Holy Spirit (see 1 Peter 4:14).

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