...con'«erij}8#the fiery trial which is to try you, as though ^sajpfi; strange thing happened unto you. (Ver. 13.) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye be. glad also with exceeding joy. (Ver. 1C.) "if ,i^»^. suffer as a Christian,...

...though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations, do. iv. 13,16: Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings , that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If any man suffer as a Christian, let him...

...of thee ; but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee wholly unpunished. — Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you. — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zealous, therefore, and repent." Thus we see, that when God...

...also ; knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope."§ " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery...inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings. Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him...

...chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. — Heb. xii. 6 — 8. Think it not strange, concerning the fiery trial which is...happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are made partakers of Christ's sufferings: judgment must begin at the house of God.— 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13....

...righteousness, Mai. iii. 3. and the apostle Peter exhorts his fellow-christians to courage and constancy, " Beloved, think it not strange concerning: the fiery...some strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice, &c. 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13. and elsewhere, speaking of the experience and hope of salvation, he says, "...

...etc. Christ endured afflictions for us. We must have a fellowship of his sufferings (1 Peter 4:13). "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." Paul also suffers that he might share the...

...with stigmata. Peter also talked of suffering for Christ's sake, but not self inflicted suffering. "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy" (1 Peter 4:13). The birth of this book....

...NOT SURVIVE THE STORM. THE APOSTLE PETER REMINDS US: "BELOVED, DO NOT THINK IT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO YOU." (1 PETER 4:12) THERE MANY WHO DO NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THE DISCIPLES SEEMED TO BE SHOCKEDTHATTHEY...

...and times of testing. The Apostle Peter warns us, "Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed,...