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1Pe 5:9. Τῇ πίστει, through or by the faith) Constructed with resist [not “stedfast in the faith,” as Engl. Vers.]-τὰ αὐτὰ τῶν παθημάτων, the very same sufferings) Not merely like sufferings, but the very same. The same governs the Dative ἀδελφότητι, brotherhood. Thus Lucretius: eadem aliis sopitus quiete est. Chrysost. de Sacerd., p. 202: εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκείνοις ἐκπίπτειν μανίαν, to fall into the same madness with them. The meaning of the apostle is: the same sufferings which happen to your brethren are also undergone by you. Comp. Mat 5:12; 2Co 1:6; Php 1:30. [Therefore it is not a bad sign in a person, if the devil harasses him with sufferings.-V. g.]-ἐν κόσμῳ) in the whole of this world, which lies in the evil one, the devil: 1Pe 5:8. It is antithetical to the eternal glory of God, 1Pe 5:10.-ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητι, to your brotherhood) of Jews and Gentiles.-ἐπιτελεῖσθαι, are accomplished) The measure of sufferings is gradually filled up.