1 Peter 1:6

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστὶν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς:

Transliteration

In which you agalliasthe, oligon arti, if deon it is, having been lypēthentes by poikilois peirasmois:

Grammar Details

• *agalliasthe*: present, middle/passive, indicative, 2nd person, plural - ongoing action
• *oligon*: accusative, neuter, singular - extent/degree
• *arti*: adverb - temporal
• *deon*: present, active, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - condition
• *lypēthentes*: aorist, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - completed action
• *poikilois*: dative, masculine, plural - attributive adjective
• *peirasmois*: dative, masculine, plural - means/instrument

Word Meanings

• *agalliasthe*: rejoice greatly/exult/be overjoyed
• *oligon*: little/brief/small
• *arti*: now/at present/just now
• *deon*: necessary/proper/fitting
• *lypēthentes*: having been grieved/distressed/made sorrowful
• *poikilois*: various/diverse/manifold
• *peirasmois*: trials/tests/temptations

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:2 : 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
• Rom 5:2 : 2 through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
• Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
• Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
• 1 Sam 2:1 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• Job 9:27-28 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer; 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Ps 95:1 : 1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Ps 119:28 : 28 My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
• Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
• John 16:22 : 22 And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
• John 16:33 : 33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
• Rom 5:11 : 11 and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
• Isa 12:2-3 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• 1 Pet 4:12-13 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: 13 but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.
• Rom 9:2 : 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
• Jas 1:9 : 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
• Jas 4:9 : 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
• 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
• 2 Cor 4:7-9 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves; 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; 26 [ in] journeyings often, [in] perils of rivers, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils from [my] countrymen, [in] perils from the Gentiles, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren; 27 [ in] labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Phil 2:26 : 26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:
• Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
• 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
• Heb 11:35-38 : 35 Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
• Heb 12:7-9 : 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.
• Matt 26:37 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.
• Luke 1:47 : 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
• Luke 2:10 : 10 And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:
• Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
• Lam 3:32-33 : 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
• Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
• Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.